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BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017
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ILOILO City – Simplicity, humility, friendliness, and honesty. These embody the Sto. Niño (Holy Child Jesus) and these are values that today’s millennials can emulate, according to Father Raymundo Alcayaga, San Jose Parish priest.
The San Jose Parish took charge of the religious aspects of the recent Dinagyang Festival in honor of the Child Jesus.
“The millennials can also learn love, respect and obedience to parents from the Sto. Niño,” said Alcayaga.
He expressed hope that the Ilonggos’ devotion to the Sto. Niño through the Dinagyang would inspire them to practice the holy traits of the Child Jesus.
The festival started in 1968, a year after a replica of the Sto. Niño was brought from Cebu to the San Jose Parish.
The image, accompanied by devotees from Cebu, was enthusiastically received by the Ilonggos who danced on the streets of the city to the tune of rumbling drums.
While Dinagyang has evolved into a showcase of the culture and artistry of the Ilonggos, Alcayaga said its religious must not be ignored.
“Devotion to the Sto. Niño is the very reason why there is Dinagyang,” he stressed.
This year’s religious theme of the festival was “Communion of Communities in Senior Sto. Niño.”/PN
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