Editing Sinulog (section)

{{Short description|Annual Filipino cultural and religious festival}}
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{{Infobox holiday
| holiday_name  = Sinulog Festival
| type          = christian <!---"Christian" as in the general term, not referring to protestants, or a particular christian denomination, since the infobox don't support a "Catholic" field--->
| image         = Viva for Niño.jpg
| imagesize     = 250
| caption       = Carrying the Holy Child Jesus, locally known as Santo Niño, this Festival Queen praises the Holy Child with her contingent.
| official_name = Sinulog Festival
| nickname      = Sinulog
| observedby    = [[Cebu City]]
| litcolor      =
| longtype      = Religious/cultural
| significance  = In honor of the [[Holy Child]] and the [[Christianization]] of the Filipino people
| frequency     = Annual
| scheduling    = Same day of the same week
<!-- Use next three if holiday is the same day of the same week every year -->| week_ordinal  = Third
| weekday       = Sunday
| month         = January
| celebrations  = {{hlist|Parades|street dancing|river and street processions|novena masses|parties}}
| observances   =
| relatedto     = {{hlist|[[Santo Niño de Cebu|Feast of Santo Niño]]|[[Dinagyang]]|[[Ati-Atihan]]}}
| duration      = 1 day
| date          =
| firsttime     = {{start date and age|1980|1|20}}
}}
[[File:SINULOG FESTIVAL QUEEN 01.jpg|thumb|A Sinulog Festival Queen carrying the image of Santo Niño, representing [[Toledo, Cebu|Toledo City]], in 2023.]]
[[File:Sinulog Festival (2023) contingents in street dance 10.jpg|thumb|Street dancers performing at [[South Road Properties]]]]

The '''Sinulog Festival''' (also known as '''Sinug and Sulog''') is an annual Filipino cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in [[Cebu]], with the center of the activities being in [[Cebu City]]; and is the core of [[Santo Niño de Cebú|Santo Niño]] Christian celebrations in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sinulog Festival in Cebu City: A Feast for the Senses |url=https://suroy.ph/sinulog-festival-in-cebu-city-a-feast-for-the-senses/ |website=Suroy.ph|date=January 14, 2024 }}</ref>

The festival is widely regarded as one of the largest cultural and religious celebrations in the Philippines, with the 2025 event attracting over four million attendees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=dbongcac |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Sinulog 2025: 4M people crowd Cebu City |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/618377/sinulog-2025-4m-people-crowd-cebu-city |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=Cebu Daily News }}</ref> Aside from the religious aspect of the festival, Sinulog is also famous for its [[Block party|street parties]], usually happening the night before and on the night of the main festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.everythingcebu.com/attractions/festivals/top-sinulog-parties/|title=Top Sinulog Parties! – Everything Cebu|website=everythingcebu.com}}</ref> The event is sometimes referred to as the "Grandest Festival in the Philippines" by participants and locals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cebu's Sinulog: The Grandest Festival in the Philippines {{!}} Sugbo.ph |date=January 6, 2019 |url=https://sugbo.ph/2019/cebu-sinulog/ |access-date=April 21, 2022 }}</ref>

Other places in the Philippines also celebrate their own version of the festival in honor of the Santo Niño, both within the province of Cebu, such as [[Carmen, Cebu|Carmen]], and outside, including [[Tondo, Manila|Tondo]], [[Kabankalan]], [[General Santos]], [[Maasin]], [[Cagayan de Oro]], [[Butuan]], [[Pagadian]], [[Balingasag]], and [[Don Carlos, Bukidnon|Don Carlos]].