Gwen Garcia dances all her heart out at Sinulog festivities
Suspended Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia danced all her heart out Sunday night at the 33rd Sinulog Festival at the Cebu Sports Center as thousands of crowd cheered her performance.
Suspended Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia danced all her heart out Sunday night at the 33rd Sinulog Festival at the Cebu Sports Center as thousands of crowd cheered her performance.
Tens of thousands of revelers braved the heat of the sun to witness Cebu’s grandest and biggest celebration, the Sinulog Grand Parade, on Sunday
She was known as the “Keeper of the Sinulog Beat” who hit the drums, sang Latin songs and led children and young adults in dancing to the traditional Sinulog steps come the third week of January.
The Sinulog, celebrated every third Sunday of January, is one of Cebu’s biggest and most popular festivals. An annual dance ritual in honor of the Sto. Niño, it was originally of pagan origin.
Be prepared to walk and pray for good weather.
Aside from the Sinulog Grand Parade competition, organizers also promise a grand finale with Ms Tourism International 2013 winner Razini Alexis Gomez performing with about 500 dancers in the finale at the Cebu City Sports Center on Sunday.
LAWYERS from Manila dressed like characters in the sci-fi movies Star Wars and Terminator and 100 doctors and nurses wearing clothes worn in the 1930s and 1940s including the World War II years will join Sunday’s Sinulog Grand Parade.
Amid the Sinulog hoopla punctuated yesterday by President Benigno Aquino III’s greeting of “Pit Señor!” comes a bit of welcome news for those weary of watching, listening to and reading political advertisements. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruled that each national candidate will only get 120 minutes of airtime for TV and another 120 minutes [...]
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President Benigno Aquino III yesterday greeted Cebuanos ahead of Sunday’s Sinulog but stirred a controversy by commenting that “I wasn’t invited.” “Bagamat wala ho’ng nag-imbita sa akin (Even if nobody invited me), Viva Pit Señor!” he told a crowd of 5,000 at the Mandaue City Sports Complex where he introduced senatorial candidates of the Liberal [...]
The Sinulog beat, leis and smiles greeted Philippine Airlines passengers on a flight from California as they went down the escalator past 9 a.m. yesterday in the Mactan Cebu International Airport. Leandro Lupa, a retired US Navy serviceman, said he looked forward to his first experience of Cebu and the Sinulog. “I’m alone in this [...]
AFTER yesterday’s religious procession, comes the kickoff of the the Sinulog festival.
THE country’s top officials are expected to come to Cebu to attend the Sinulog Festival on Jan. 20.
