NZ-Filipino Devotees of Senyor Sto Niño
One day at the beginning of spring – September 2009, my nephew Jeremiah complained of pains in his tummy. His parent’s were away on conference at the time so Nana took care of the kids in their absence. He was taken to the local hospital in Whakatane and admitted there until their parents managed to […]
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(photo credits: www.clickthecity.com/travel) I was 5 when I remembered joining the Sto Niño procession in Cebu. Yearly then on, our little family would walk the streets of Colon, candles lighted and mindful not to burn people walking in front of us. I could barely make out what prayers […]
[Continue reading...]There is a common thread that ties all of humanity. Despite millennia of advancement, we are confounded with the fact that there is a grand design to our individual existence. We exist not simply to live. We live not simply to exist. Humans confront the great question of the universe – are we just a […]
[Continue reading...]“Pit Senyor,” as chanted by devotees, honours the miraculous Santo Niño, the Holy Child Jesus every third Sunday of January. Such is a pageantry of faith, a celebration of the origin of the island of Cebu, which is located south of the Philippines. This is “Sinulog”, the most illustrious and most resplendent festival in the […]
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