SINULOG... One Beat, One Dance, One Vision

An MTV I made as a souvenir of my first Sinulog experience in Cebu in the year 2009. I used my Nokia N95 8G in capturing the sights of this great festival. Editing was also made from that same gadget.

The SINULOG

The Sinulog festival is one of the grandest and most colorful festivals in the Philippines with a very rich history. The main festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño, or the child Jesus, who used to be the patron saint of the whole province of Cebu (since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is essentially a dance ritual which remembers the Filipino peoples pagan past and their acceptance of Christianity.

The festival features some the countrys most colorful displays of pomp and pageantry: participants garbed in bright-colored costumes dance to the rhythm of drums, trumpets, and native gongs. The streets are usually lined with vendors and pedestrians all wanting to witness the street-dancing. Smaller versions of the festival are also held in various parts of the province, also to celebrate and honor the Santo Niño. There is also a Sinulog sa Kabataan, which is performed by the youths of Cebu a week before the Grand Parade. (1)

The word Sinulog comes from the Cebuano adverb sulog which is "like water current movement," which describes the forward-backward movement of the Sinulog dance. The dance consists of two steps forward and one step backward, done to the sound of drums. The dance is categorized into Sinulog-base, Free-Interpretation. Candle vendors at the Basilica continue to perform the traditional version of the dance when lighting a candle for the customer, usually accompanied by songs in the native language.

The Sinulog dance steps were believed to originate from Rajah Humabon's adviser, Baladhay. It was during Humabon's grief when Baladhay was driven sick. He then ordered his native tribe to bring Baladhay into a chapel where the Santo Niño was enthroned. Moments later, surprisingly, Baldhay was heard shouting and was found dancing with outmost alertness. Baladhay was questioned as to whether why was he awake and was shouting. Baladhay explained that he found a small child, pointing to the image of the Santo Niño, on top of him and trying to wake him up. He, at great astonishment, scared the child away by shouting but couldn't explain why he was dancing the movements of the river. Up to this day, the two-steps forward, and the one-step backward movement dance is still used by the Santo Niño devotees believing that it was the Santo Niño's choice to have Baladhay dance. (2)


1. http://www.sinulog.ph/index.php/about/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinulog_festival

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[raraicom1]

wala na sa relihiyon mga tol...naa na sa imo pag too og ang pag respeto sa isig ka taw..... ako RC ko pero never ko ni dis respect sa pag too sa uban nga relihiyon.... RESPETO ra og ang imo pag too....

[76nonoy]

@okcSDRmedia

[76nonoy]

@okcSDRmedia.....Brother I already answered your Question. All you have to do is understand it. And neither verse in the bible that says we should not make the image of Jesus and Saints. The idols you are talking about are different. Even if I explain to you over and over, you still wont get it. But anyway you can send me messages in youtube account if you want to discuss this further. The space here is not enough to explain everything. I respect all religions especially yours.

[okcSDRmedia]

@76nonoy interpretasyon ng buong simbahan? im sorry thats gross!

[okcSDRmedia]

@76nonoy give me the verse that says we should make graven images of the saints and Jesus and heavenly agencies.... if there is a command then we should follow but if there is not, you are just plainly following your church outside the Bible. And by the way, you talked about the old testament... well, exodos 20 says we should keep 7th day sabbath holy, why the catholics keep sunday? that is totally rebellion against God... why catholic church is always the opposite of what the Bible says?

[76nonoy]

@okcSDRmedia 4.) Just as those Old Testament statues were ordered fashioned by God to remind the Israelites of heavenly realities, Catholic statues of Jesus and the angels and the saints serve the same purpose.

Ang Biblia di lang dapat basahin. Dapat intindihin din. Di sariling interpretasyon kundi interpretasyon ng buong simbahan..

[76nonoy]

@okcSDRmedia Similar divine commands to carve statues and embroider images of various religious objects are found in Exodus 21:6-9, Numbers 21:6-9, 1 Kings 6:23-28, and 1 Kings 7:23- 39. In each case, the statue or embroidered image was intended by God for a religious use.Although the worship of anything, not just statues, in place of the True God is idolatry, there are times when statues are not just tolerable but recommended....cont. to 4.)

[76nonoy]

@okcSDRmedia 2.) Notice that these angelic images were to serve such an exalted purpose (not because the statues themselves were in any way intrinsically exalted but because of the use to which they would be put) that God was very exacting in the instructions he gave Moses as to the materials to be used and the posture in which they were to be carved.....cont. to 3.)

[76nonoy]

@okcSDRmedia 1.) The Catholic Church does not defy any of God's commandments. Your question reveals an ignorance of the biblical facts surrounding statues. In Exodus 20:4 God condemned the carving of statues for the sake of worshipping them as idols--a blasphemy the Catholic Church also condemns. In Exodus 25:18-20, on the other hand, God commands Moses to carve statues for a religious purpose: two cherubim which would sit atop the Ark of the Covenant.....cont. to 2.)

[estrella122011]

VIVA PIT SENIOR!!!!!!! wala bang link to downlaod this beat? na miss kong umindak sa saliw ng musika na to.... i miss KAHIMUNAN in butuan at SINULOG in cebu......