Devotees from different parts of the country will celebrate the Feast of the Santo Niño with pre-pandemic festivities on Sunday, Jan. 15.
Devotees from different parts of the country will celebrate the Feast of the Santo Niño with pre-pandemic festivities on Sunday, Jan. 15.In Metro Manila, thirty-three fiesta masses, starting on Jan. 14 at 3 p.m. until 12 midnight, and from 12 midnight until 11 p.m. on Jan. 15, will be celebrated at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño de Tondo Parish in Manila. The shrine is the center of celebrations in the metropolis.
In Cebu City, the widely popular ‘Sinulog’ in honor of Senor Santo Niño, the oldest festival in the archipelago, will be held once again after a two-year break. Cebuanos do not consider the Christmas Season over until after the celebration of the festive “Sinulog” Festival. In 1565, when Spanish conqueror Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived in Cebu, a Spanish soldier, Juan Camus, found the image inside the house of a native. His house was razed by a fire that miraculously spared the holy image. Legazpi then named Cebu as the City of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.
It will be held again after a two-year hiatus attracting more than 50,000 devotees during its recent opening. The face-to-face street dancing will once again be held as well as the “Palapak” tradition where church volunteers massage devotees with a small image of the Child Jesus.
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