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Cebu City

Where I came from?

Cebu

Cebu city is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas (Region VII) region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets.

Spanish culture and indigenous Philippine traditions has been an influence to majority of the Cebuano culture. Majority of the Cebuanos religion is Roman Catholic. However, Chinese religion has slowly seeped in and formed part of the growing religious groups in Cebu. Proof of this is the large number of Chinese temples found in the region.

The people of Cebu are called Cebuanos. Spanish and Chinese communities perform an important economic and political role in Cebu. Cebuano culture is laid back and has conserved strong Hispanic traditions in its native culture. American influence is prevailing in existing music, movies, fast foods, and the wide use of English. Foreign ethnic groups includes Koreans, currently estimated to be the biggest group, followed by the Americans, Japanese, British, Germans, Australians, and other smaller groups of Asians and Western Europeans.

Culture

RELIGION

Catholic

Cebu is largely Roman Catholic. Santo Niño de Cebu, the Holy Child Jesus is the patron of Cebu. The statue is located in Basilica Minore del Santo Niño which is known as the Philippine country’s oldest church. The Santo Niño was given by the Portuguese sea captain and explorer Ferdinand Magellan to the wife of the chief of Cebu. That act is shown in Cebu’s largest, most popular cultural event, the Sinulog where street-dancing and loud drum beats headed by a holy Mass.

FAMOUS FOOD

Authenthic Food

Roasted pork or lechon is one of the most famous food in Cebu City you will see it everywhere in the street. Cebuanos prepare lechon when there is an special occasion.

Rice is the main staple for Cebuanos. Hanging rice(puso) or boiled rice wrapped in woven coconut leaves is also one of the cebuao's famous for a lot of people sell it in the streets for a cheap price.

Roasted Pork

Hanging Rice

Sinulog Festival

`The Sinulog festival is one of the grandest, most distinguished and most colorful festivals in the Philippines. The major festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño, or the child Jesus, who used to be the patron saint of the whole province of Cebu (since in the Catholic faith Jesus is not a saint, but God). It is fundamentally a dance ritual which remembers the Filipino people's pagan past and their recognition of Christianity.

FESTIVAL

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