Love and devotion for the Child Jesus
The Sto. Niño (Child Jesus) has its own devoted following among Filipinos who celebrate his feast day every third Sunday of January. Photos and videos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files
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An uneventful feast of Sto. Niño in Tondo, except for pickpockets
Text, photos and video by Vincent Go.
BARELY a week after the Feast of the Black Nazarene, thousands of devotees flocked to the Sto. Niño de Tondo Parish, bearing images of the Child Jesus to have them blessed.
Viva Pit Senyor!
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL
AMID chants of Viva Pit Senyor! (or Long live the Christ child!), about a hundred thousand devotees of the Holy Child joined Saturday’s grand foot procession in Cebu City--- the eve of the Feast of the Sto. Niño.
Sinulog festival: one beat, one dance, one vision
By PATRICK KING PASCUAL
TOMORROW, January 15, the main streets of Cebu City will be closed for the most awaited grand parade of the Sinulog festival.
The Sinulog festival is one of the grandest, most distinguished and most awaited event in Southern part of the Philippines that is held annually in the city of Cebu. The celebration pays tribute to the Cebuano's acceptance of Roman Catholicism and to honor the Santo Niño.
