Hello fellow steemian, friends and folk, this is natz04 and welcome to my blog.
Today, save the date 22nd of February, is the feast of Santo Niño de Cebu-Mactan Parish with the patron Viva Senyor Santo Niño, where it is located at barangay Mactan, Lapu-lapu City. It is one of the oldest catholic church in the city, and it's architectural design was inspired from the armour hat of Ferdinand Magellan.
According to history Ferdinand Magellan, is a Portuguese endeavor which serves the King of Spain and became a Spanish navigator who visited in Mactan on April 27, 1521 which is also the Battle of Mactan happened. They fought with the native hero of barangay Mactan Datu Lapu-lapu, which Datu Lapu-lapu did not agree to Ferdinand Magellan's proposal to spread- out christianity.
So how to reach this church? If you are a devotee, and you are from other places and countries then you want to joined the feast.
Citing a scenario, like for example if you are from the MCIA (Mactan Cebu International Airport), you just go to the taxi terminal then tell the driver you are going to Santo Niño de Cebu Mactan Parish and you will pay a fare equivalent to 4 steem, with the travel time of 20-30 minutes. But if you to want to save, you will ride twice via UBE bus (public utility bus), first ride with the route MCIA to Savemore supermarket with the fare of 0.6 steem, and second ride Savemore supermarket to Mactan Newtown via Soong with the same fare of 0.6 steem.
| Transportation | Travel time | Fare |
|---|
| PUB | 30-45 min | 1.2 steem |
| Taxi | 20-30 min | 4 steem |
Facebook official page link:
https://www.facebook.com/StoNinoMactanParishOfficial?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
For those visitors and tourist who have their own vehicles, don't you worry and no problem with that because the premises has a wide entrance and big parking space infront of the church which is enough to accomodate all type of vehicles, eventhough buses for tourist are welcome to come in.
This photo captured during our visit
Actually during the time of pandemic, the church is our strolling place, praying for the health of the entire families inorder to survive the virus and the blessings that we received, praying for the sins that we commited, because no one is really perfect, which it really commit a sin but not really an immortal sin.
This photo captured during the times of pandemic with my entire family
After attending a mass as strengthening faith to God, people go directly to the lighting of candles. Inwhich the church provides a proper place to light-up a candles, and for safety purposes because it is a fire. Had their fervent prayers in everyones everyday guidance and protections.
This is the place where to lighting-up of camdles with a snap prayers
The people here could not be stop in celebrating the festival, infact it is already a tradition and culture, a gathering of every family and building a strong relationship between family members.
Each famiy brings their children as a form of family bonding
During the night time because it was a feast and the people are gathered together to enjoy the occassion, so there are alot of streetfood in different delicacies displayed on every corner of the street, you can really choose on what you want to eat. Likes the puto bumbong, majablanca, bibingka, suman, boiled young corn, peanuts, potato fries, tempura, mango with hipon, childrens most fovourite icecream and more.
The stomach are quite starving if you really look at those foods, and to filled in the hunger, we decided to buy.
Me and my youngest child bought a salted peanut beans
My sister bought two cups of mango with hipon toppings
My wifes eagerness to eat her puto bumbong
My second daughter wanted already to melts this ube shake on her mouth
The puto bumbong display
My third daughter looks like really enjoys eating her favourite potato fries while her mother laughs at her because it was too hot
Me and the whole family displays the boiled young corn on a stick and ready to eat
And if you want some fun and leisures, so there are many rides available in the carnivals. There was a ferries wheel set-up, vikings, octopus, trains, fun slide, and if you want to exercise your wraist in firing there is the pellet gun firing.
And then tried also some leisure games likes, bingo game, ball game, color game and card games and etc
The ferries wheel set-up, rides that my children do not ride because they were scared
The octopus ride in functioning
This is me firing and trying my best to hit atleast one strike
This is the ball games table set-up
And this is it our yerterdays gala, so that's it, see you on my next blog, thanks.
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