Sinulog, the Boholano version As a kid, I had seen dancers before the Christ Jesus at the Cebu basilica and at the parish church in Maribojoc, Bohol before the image of its patron saint, San Vicente Ferrer.
Instead of holding aloft the image of a baby Jesus, the Maribojochanon dancers used to hold aloft candles. As a kid I was once carried by one of the older devotees as a blessing.Or it could be a ruse so that my aunt would pay her for her effort of dancing with a boy--me.
In Sugbu (Cebu City) the dancers used to do their version, exclaiming "Pet Senor. "I don't know if the same practice is observed in Bohol or Cebu. |