Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival

The local Filipino Community's Catholic Church Organization recently celebrated the Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival. Sinulog is the ritual prayer-dance honoring Señor Santo Niño or the Child Jesus. An image of the Child Jesus is said to have been the baptismal gift Portuguese conquistador Ferdinand Magellan gave to Hara Amihan (Humanay) of Zebu (now Cebu) in April 1521. The image, believed to be miraculous, is housed at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in downtown Cebu City. [photo: courtesy]