Sinulog Festival

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Sinulog Festival is a vibrant annual cultural and religious celebration in Cebu City honoring the Santo Niño with street dancing, colorful costumes, and grand processions.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural festival
religious festival
street festival
associatedWith Basilica Minore del Santo Niño
Magellan’s Cross
audience domestic tourists
international tourists
local devotees
chant Viva Pit Señor
citySlogan Pit Señor
country Philippines
culminatesOn third Sunday of January
danceMovement two steps forward and one step backward
danceStyle Sinulog dance
devotionTo Child Jesus
Santo Niño
economicImpact boosts hospitality sector
boosts local commerce
boosts local tourism industry
feature colorful costumes
concerts
devotional novena masses
drum and bugle corps
festival queens
fireworks display
mardi gras-style parade
street dancing
trade fairs
formalOrganizationEstablished 1980s
frequency annual
hasCategory Catholic holy days
Festivals in Cebu
Religious festivals in the Philippines
Tourist attractions in Cebu City
heldInMonth January
honors Santo Niño de Cebu
languageOfSlogan Cebuano
locatedIn Cebu City NERFINISHED
Cebu province NERFINISHED
mainEvent Sinulog dance competition
fluvial procession
grand street parade
religious procession
musicStyle drum-led festival music
organizer Cebu City Government
Sinulog Foundation Inc.
originPeriod pre-colonial era
religion Roman Catholicism
symbolizes acceptance of Christianity
flow of the Cebu River
tourismSignificance major tourist attraction in the Philippines

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Visayas
festival
Cebu ("Sinulog Festival in Cebu City")
knownFor
Dinagyang Festival
linkedTo
Cebuano people
majorFestival
MassKara Festival
relatedTo
Cebuano people ("Sinulog dance")
traditionalDance

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