Let’s face it; the highlight of the Sinulog Festival is not getting drunk on the streets and forgetting your name but the root of it Remember that Sinulog was a holy celebration so let’s pay attention to the meaning of its celebration.
The Grand Parade never failed to attract tourists and people from all over the Philippines! It also makes everyone happy that people outside of Cebu participated in the Festival! You see tourists everywhere. Most of them are culture-shocked in a nice way and many non-Cebuano shared that they felt they were already one of the people- Thanks to the hospitality and bursts of energy the Cebuano people gave away as they screamed “Pit Senyor!” while smiling to strangers and painting their faces. No one felt like a stranger that day indeed.
Again, Sinulog isn’t Sinulog without a prayer so some people preferred to celebrate the festival in their churches. Some also chose to celebrate both ways by going to church and then partying later. As expected, people were on the streets and it would be difficult to go from one place to another and this year, there were even more people! You can barely walk already.
The floats, “Higantes”, street dancing and others did not waste their time and effort since the most deserving ones were awarded. To the rest who were not, it still counts as experience and for sure they are more than happy to participate in the festival.
If you are curious, here are the winners:
SINULOG BASED CATEGORY
BEST IN MUSICALITY: SB-14 CARCAR CITY DIVISION (Carcar City, Cebu)
BEST IN COSTUME: SB-01 TANGUB CITY’S SINANDULOY CULTURAL TROUPE
1ST PRIZE SB-18 KULTURANG PLACEREÑO
2ND PRIZE SB-01 TANGUB CITY’S SINANDULOY CULTURAL TROUPE
3RD PRIZE SB-14 CARCAR CITY DIVISION
4TH PRIZE SB-11 TUBURAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
5TH PRIZE SB-08 TALISAY CITY CENTRAL ELEM. SCHOOL
FREE INTERPRETATION CATEGORY
BEST IN MUSICALITY: FI-07 THE BUYOGAN FESTIVAL” – TRIBU BUYOGANON (Abuyog, Leyte)
BEST IN COSTUME: FI-01 TRIBU LINGGANAY (Alang Alang, Leyte)
1ST PRIZE FI-07 “THE BUYOGAN FESTIVAL” – TRIBU BUYOGANON
2ND PRIZE FI-01 TRIBU LINGGANAY (Alang Alang, Leyte)
3RD PRIZE FI-22 TRIBU HIMAG-ULAW
4TH PRIZE FI-02 TRIBU KATBALAUGAN (Catbalogan City, Samar)
5TH PRIZE FI-04 LUMAD BASAKANON
STREET DANCING
1ST PRIZE FI-04 LUMAD BASAKANON
2ND PRIZE SB-01 TANGUB CITY’S SINANDULOY CULTURAL TROUPE
3RD PRIZE SB-18 KULTURANG PLACEREÑO
4TH PRIZE FI-07 “THE BUYOGAN FESTIVAL” – TRIBU BUYOGANON
5TH PRIZE FI-01 TRIBU LINGGANAY (Alang Alang Leyte)
Puppeteer’s Category
1ST PRIZE P-12 ANGELIQUE MARIE G. ARANAS
2ND PRIZE P-17 JEFFREYSON F. BORRES (MONKEY D LUFFY)
3RD PRIZE P-01 NIÑO RUBEN N. MATEO
Higante Category
1ST PRIZE H-33 FESTIVAL QUEEN
2ND PRIZE H-19 DAGUL & SON
3RD PRIZE H-20 SINULOG PRINCE & PRINCESS
Float Category
1ST PRIZE F-10 CONTEMPO PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC.
2ND PRIZE F-08 M. LHUILLER PHILIPPINES
3RD PRIZE F-06 PALAWAN PAWNSHOP –PALAWAN EXPRESS PERA PADALA
Congratulations to the winners!
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