At least 300,000 people joined and waited along the piers and shorelines in the cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, and Cebu to take a glimpse of the fluvial procession — one of the highlights of the Fiesta Señor. /PDI
highlights of the Fiesta Señor which fully returned after a two-year limited celebration due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A flotilla of at least 189 sea vessels accompanied the Philippine Coast Guard’s BRP Cabra which was chosen to transport the images of the Santo Niño and Our Lady of Guadalupe down the Mactan Channel to Cebu City on Saturday.Commander Mark Larsen Mariano of the Coast Guard Central Cebu said that there were unregistered vessels that joined the fluvial procession, but they just allowed them to participate.
“We didn’t tell them to leave. A lot joined the fluvial parade. Although there were only 189 registered vessels, we estimated at least 400 joined,” said Mariano.
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