“Viva pit Senyor!” is what you will hear on the streets of Cebu on January 15th 2023 because it is the celebration of Sinulog! Hi, I am Patrick and welcome to my blog. Today we talk about cultural celebrations. Every country has one, even Vatican City!
Lets start off with the island country Niue. Once every two years, the Niue Arts & Culture Festival is a week-long event celebrating all things Niuean! Typically happening around Easter, the festival features a range of cultural experiences, from cultural performances, art exhibitions, yam-blessing ceremonies, crafting sessions and much much more! How about we move south where I currently live, Aotearoa (New Zealand). Waitangi Day. Waitangi Day, the national day of New Zealand, marks the anniversary of the initial signing – on 6 February 1840 – of the Treaty of Waitangi, which is regarded as the founding document of the nation. The first Waitangi Day was not celebrated until 1934, and it was made a national public holiday in 1974. Now lets move along to my cultural celebrations, the Philippines. In the Philippines we celebrate the Sinulog festival. The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City, and on the fourth Sunday of January in Carmen, Cebu, and is the centre of the Santo Niño Catholic celebrations in the Philippines.
For our create task, we had to create a digital poster about our own cultural celebrations. We had to include what activities we do, What we wear during these events, even some key words. Here is my poster, I hope you enjoy it. What do you celebrate in your culture?