Cebu, Philippines is widely known for having distinctive commemoration that made an absolute impact to the hearts of people inside and outside the country, especially the Cebuano people enabling them to visit and associate with their union. Among the many celebrations done by the Cebuano’s, is the so called “Sinulog Festival”. It’s the feast of Cebu’s Patron Saint, Senior Santo Nino, the child image of our Lord Jesus Christ. It’s a festival encounter of millions of devotees all over the world, who praised, believed and ask for His miraculous deeds to heal the sickness of someone they knew or their loved-ones and even of themselves.
Enfranchised citizens of different state or even people of our own somehow believed that our culture is slowly fading because of the path that generation for today wants to take. Especially the young minds who completely engaged themselves in internet which can give them new things that inserts rapidly to their minds. But the continued growing number of people who came to witness the said occasion with festivities was I think enough answer as a response to those speculations declared. This is to prove that false crap shoots can’t break the tight bond that our culture handed over from generation to generation, that even the internet cannot surpass. In fact, Sinulog Festival unquestionably captured the hearts of people with different age, gender, beliefs, nationality and the like. It is sacred that no one can explain the warm fuzzies that one typically gets from it. Smiles that we always see in everyone’s faces is a concrete evidence of how grateful they are to be one of those who participate and witness the façade of this particular event. Sinulog seemed to reveal the hidden phenomenon of how will the people show the unity without any fuss among their co-countrymen. Politicians, convicts, victims, devotees, students, teachers, etcetera, act as one throughout the duration of these constant and precise events. Therefore, we can take the highway to paradise and taste a slice of heaven through prayers by Sinulog Festival Celebration.