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Sinulog Festival, Cebu City, Philippines
The Sinulog Festival of Cebu City is celebrated in honor of the city's patron saint - the Child Jesus - much like that of the Dinagyang Festival and other festivals celebrated in the Philippines.
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Sinulog Festival is held annually on the third Sunday of January with a lively street parade as one of its highlights. The parade is accompanied with organized steps and dance rituals in sync with the rythmic beats of drums and trumphets.
The term Sinulog is derived from the Cebuano word "sulog" which means the movement of the water current. This describes the way the different contingents and groups in the parade dance and move; two steps backward and one step forward - just like the river current.
The Sinulog Festival is also observed with a fluvial procession starting at dawn with the image of the Santo Niño carried in a boat in the Mactan Channel. The procession is usually accompanied by small contingents of faithful Christians riding in smaller boats from Mandaue City to Cebu City itself.
Since its inception, the Sinulog Festival has become one the Philippines' grandest festivals. What sets it apart from all others is the participation of the most number of contingents, clad in brightly-colored costumes, from across the country featuring also their local respective culture in the Sinulog Grand Parade in the last day of the Sinulog celebrations.
The streets are literally lined with people coming from different regions of the Philippines and tourists coming from parts around the world. They all came to Cebu City to witness the city's greatest cultural spectacle of the year.