{"id":2059,"date":"2016-01-17T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2021-06-30T18:26:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T10:26:09","slug":"santo-nino-festivals-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/01\/17\/santo-nino-festivals-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Santo Ni\u00f1o Festivals in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Santo Ni\u00f1o is the most recognizable religious image in the Philippines for a reason: it\u2019s the oldest one in the archipelago. It was first brought to the islands by Magellan in 1521. His scribe, Antonio Pigafetta gave it to the local tribe queen as a baptismal gift.<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE STO. NI\u00d1O. Though it is just a replica, it is still one of the most venerated religious images in the Philippines. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.org<\/em><\/p>\n

It is said to have survived a raging inferno in 1565, after a battle broke out between the Spanish soldiers and the locals. Believing it was a miracle, people venerated the image and has been treated as the patron saint of Cebuanos ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being the most recognized of all religious images in the country, and combining the Filipino love for celebrations, dozens of festivals for the Santo Ni\u00f1o have been going on in the country for ages. Here are some of them:
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Sinulog sa Kabankalan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kabankalan, Negros Occidental<\/span><\/p>\n

January 8 \u2013 17, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

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Festival poster courtesy of Sinulog sa Kabankalan 2016 Facebook page<\/em><\/p>\n

Sinulog sa Kabankalan is Kabankalan\u2019s take on the Ati-Atihan but with a different bit of history behind it: it commemorates the townsfolk celebrating after a child had driven away pirates by waving his shining sword atop the church tower during the early days of Spanish colonization. It was first staged as a festival in 1976, and has since become one of the major festivals in the country. The annual search for Sinulog Queen is the marquee attraction for this festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kahimunan Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Butuan City, Agusan Del Norte<\/span><\/p>\n

January 17, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of <\/em>www.metrokalan.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Kahimunan Festival is Butuan\u2019s take on the popular Sinulog Festival in Cebu. It is as lively and as colourful as the Sinulog in Cebu, with its own grand parade and side events.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lakbayaw Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tondo, Manila<\/span><\/p>\n

January 16, 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Herman Lumanog from <\/em>www.demotix.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

A week after the Feast of the Black Nazarene, the City of Manila comes to life once more for the Lakbayaw Festival. The festival\u2019s highlight is a street dancing competition between religious organizations, Ati-Atihan groups, schools, and communities all vying for prizes from the Mayor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sto. Ni\u00f1o de Malolos Festival<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Malolos, Bulacan<\/span><\/p>\n

Last Sunday of January<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of <\/em>www.maloloscity.gov.ph<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Dubbed by locals as \u201cthe biggest and largest expression of devotion to the Holy Child Jesus in Luzon\u201d, the Sto. Ni\u00f1o de Malolos Festival showcases the creativity of the people from in and around Malolos in depicting the image of Sto. Ni\u00f1o: from traditional to very futuristic, and everything in between. The highlight of the event is the parade of the dozens of Sto. Ni\u00f1o images along with the hundred-year-old miraculous image of Se\u00f1or Sto. Ni\u00f1o de Malolos.<\/span><\/p>\n

These are just a few of the dozens of festivals held in the name of the Santo Ni\u00f1o every January. While these festivals show our love for festivities, they also show how much we adore the Holy Child Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Viva Se\u00f1or Santo Ni\u00f1o!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Ni\u00f1o is the most recognizable religious image in the Philippines for a reason: it\u2019s the oldest one in the archipelago. It was first brought to the islands by Magellan in 1521. His scribe, Antonio Pigafetta gave it to the local tribe queen as a baptismal gift. THE STO. NI\u00d1O. Though it is just a replica, it is still one of the most venerated religious images in the Philippines. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.org It is said to have survived a raging inferno in 1565, after a battle broke out between the Spanish soldiers and the locals. Believing it was a miracle, people venerated the image and has been treated as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-history"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2059"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9222,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059\/revisions\/9222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}