Cebu City Cancels Several Sinulog 2021 Activities Due to COVID-19
Cebu City government has decided to simplify the celebration of Sinulog 2021 and canceled some activities due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Facebook page “Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu” announced that the religious officials and the local government units of Cebu City have decided to simplify the celebration of the annual festival.
The Interagency Task Force (IATF) Cebu and Cebu City Police Office said that several Sinulog 2021 activities during the 456th Fiesta Señor will be canceled to avoid mass gathering and prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease.
“The Augustinian friars and the Executive Committee of the Fiesta Señor, with the support of the Cebu City Government, will reappropriate the cancelled external activities to the upcoming 500 years celebration of the Arrival of the venerable image of Sr. Sto. Niño in coordination with the activities of the Archdiocese of Cebu in April 2021,” the statement said.
Here is the list of suspended activities for next year’s festival:
- Penitential Walk with Jesus on the Opening Salvo
- Penitential Walk with Mary on the last day of the Novena
- Traslacion or the transfer of the images of the Sto. Niño and Our Lady of Guadalupe from Cebu City to Mandaue City and from Mandaue City to Lapu-Lapu City
- Fluvial procession and the reenactment of the first baptism, planting of the cross, and first wedding
- Solemn foot procession
- Proposed Cebu Provincial Pilgrimages
The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is an annual religious event in Cebu City, which was celebrated every third Sunday of January. The festival usually draw thousands of people to celebrate the popular event.
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