Top 3 Reasons Why Fragrance Is A Must During Sinulog Celebration

1. The Sun, The City and The Solemn Procession of the Miraculous Image of Sto. Nino

Sinulog is a religious celebration first and foremost. They say cleanliness is next to godliness. And one cannot be completely clean if they smell like last night’s party, especially that the night before, Friday, most likely you were wasted partying.

It also makes sense to be fresh all-day long as the procession lasts the entire morning until a little after lunch. Please also note that there will be a lot of waving and dancing along the way. It’s quite practical to really smell good especially with hands-up-in-the-air moments.

2. The Sinulog Grand Parade

Another important activity, which always falls on a Sunday, the Sinulog Grand Parade is the grandest parade during Sinulog. It is also the most colorful and the loudest with the drum beating everywhere, as if asking people to dance to the beat. The parade consists of those who participated - 44 dancing contingents, 40 floats, and 33 higantes - in the Sinulog Grand Parade contest.  The complete list of winners is in this website.

The parade starts at 9:00AM, takes a break at 12:00NN and continues at 1:00PM up to 3:00PM. Imagine the sweat that you'll incur from this time of the day with all the dancing and jumping and walking!

And with this route, for sure, you'll be drenched in sweat. Fragrance to the rescue!

3. Parties, Booze and Paint

Sinulog will not be complete without the crazy fun part. Every night, starting on Friday, there will surely be parties around Cebu City - Globe's NextAct, etc's Paintensity, Life Dance, Elektromundo to name a few. But the craziest of them all was the street party at Juan Osmena st. that started at around 1:00PM and lasted around 5:00AM the following day. And this one is for free! Let these photos and videos tell my story. Words cannot express how fun, crazy and memorable these parties are.

With these activities, one must smell perfect all the time, especially with the sweat, water, alcohol, dancing and grinding with other party mates - you know what I mean here. You surely don't want to smell like your after-party look.

Thanks Zherwin for this video!

First time to attend Sinulog and, definitely, not the last! See you next year!

Special thanks to John & Jeff of OurTravelDates for arranging almost everything - from the hotel, to the ferry ride from Tagbilaran to Cebu, and the trip itinerary.