The seed of Christianity in the Philippines, once again, step outside to stroll the streets in the heart of Cebu as a beacon of light to remind us that there is always a sunrise from the night\u2019s darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s been two years already since the 2020 Sinulog Festival celebration, where the world suffered a global crisis afterwards. The pandemic, due to \u201cCOVID-19\u201d, ate the freedom of every individual that caused a major lock down starting from the four corners of our home up until the foundation of all establishment. As a consequence of this tragedy, the 2021 and 2022 SINULOG FESTIVAL CELEBRATION was commemorated at the venue of each government establishments and religious institutions privately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, the 2023 Sinulog Festival Celebration is at hand. This marks the first glimpse of Sr. Sto. Ni\u00f1o\u2019s Annual Celebration from its two years of deep slumber. The Religious institution is already prepared. The government establishments are now ready. The Sr. Sto. Ni\u00f1o\u2019s devotee are very excited. The heaven must have heard the cries of His people to end the two years agony of loneliness and fear. Thus, the world is celebrating to smell the scent of freedom and joy once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sinulog Festival Celebration is a combination of religious rites and state activities. These religious rites are organized as the Novena, the Terrestrial and Fluvial Procession, the Holy Mass, and end with the Hubo<\/em> rites (The undressing of the Santo Ni\u00f1o as a mark of end of the activity). On the other hand, these state activities are classified also as the Fluvial and Sinulog Grand Parade, the Street Parties, the Fireworks Display, and the Grand Sinulog Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are each highlights of this Sinulog Festival Celebration regarding the Church and the State. First is the Pontifical Mass on the Feast Day, celebrated by the Arch Bishop of Cebu, which signifies the peak of the devotee\u2019s faith of the Child Jesus, natively called as \u201cSenyor Santo Ni\u00f1o\u201d<\/em>. Second is the Grand Sinulog Festival that includes the grand parade, where the competition of ethnic dance of Sinulog happened, and street parties, where people will get acquainted with every stranger smearing face paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PIT SENYOR is the famous line in this celebration. It is a shortened term for the Cebuano language \u201cSangpit Sa Senyor Santo Ni\u00f1o\u201d which literally means as \u201cPlead to the Holy Child King\u201d. However, the term \u201cVIVA PIT SENYOR\u201d is now commonly used as an honor to the Holy Child expressing \u201cLONG LIVE TO THE KING\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As we commemorate this New Year\u2019s hope of being back to normal situation, this SINULOG FESTIVAL CELEBRATION, which is the one of the Philippines\u2019 largest and grandest celebration, may be our stepping stone in expressing our deepest faith to the Almighty God. A deepest faith that led us to the situation that we conquer the fear of being lonely, being imprisoned, being chained, and being limited in our daily activities as we suffer the two year pandemic crisis. This will mark our strength and resiliency that despite the challenges, we believe that there is this loving God, which manifest to us in a childlike form, to understand us better as His children. VIVA PIT SENYOR!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The seed of Christianity in the Philippines, once again, step outside to stroll the streets in the heart of Cebu as a beacon of light to remind us that there is always a sunrise from the night\u2019s darkness. It\u2019s been two years already since the 2020 Sinulog Festival celebration, where<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial",""],"yoast_head":"\n