January 16, 2011 is marked as the highlight of the Sinulog 2011 festival. As previously reported in our January 7 blog piece, Viva Pit Señor, the Sinulog Grand Parade and Carousel and dance performances are all set to happen on January 16 along the streets of downtown city enroute to Cebu City Sports Center for the final performance.
The streets have been beautified and portalets are all lined up -- the organizers have carefully laid all plans that there's nowhere to go but, Viva Pit Senor!
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| Sinulog fever on the streets |
It's total hardwork for the different contingents that will be participating. You should have seen them practiced. With the captivating drum beats, they seem not to bother about being tired.
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| The props, the drum and bugle, the performers |
Outside the sports center, business is getting good. Covering the frontage of the whole block where the Andres Abellana High School is located, makeshift stores have lined up selling various items, from shoes and women accessories to house wears and "print-on-the-spot" Sinulog tee shirts.
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| Handmade earrings start at $0.23, while necklaces at $0.70 |
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| Sinulog shirts here are at $4.65 each |
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| Items from bags and wallet to shoes and slippers are available here |
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| Shoes from Cebu's shoe capital -- Carcar |
What a shame that I was not able to see the fluvial procession this morning (January 15, Philippine time). It would have been great. Well, there's always the next time around, and on that next time, we promise to give you comprehensive stories and pictures about Sinulog.
Now that everything is set, we can only wish for, at least, a non-rainy day.
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