00:00This weekend, Cebu City hosted the Sinulog Festival.
00:07Where did the deep devotion of the Filipinos to the Child Jesus begin?
00:11Kuya Kim, what's next?
00:14The devotion to St. Nino is in the middle of the faith of our Cebuano brethren.
00:18But do you know how the deep devotion to the Child Jesus began?
00:23Kuya Kim, what's next?
00:27St. Nino de Cebu is the oldest Christian artifact in the Philippines.
00:31It was a gift from Ferdinand Magellan to Raja Humabon,
00:33the former leader of the island of Cebu
00:35when the robbers of the year 1521 arrived there.
00:38And his wife, Hara Humanay.
00:41According to the story, when Miguel Lopez de Legazpi came to Cebu in 1565,
00:45he burned the entire settlement to free the residents.
00:49This is where they found the image of the Child Jesus in one of the burned houses.
00:53It was wrapped in cloth and sealed in a wooden box.
00:56And it was not burned, which is what they consider a miracle.
00:58This is where the devotion of the Cebuano to the Child Jesus began.
01:04It spread to different parts of the country.
01:06For many Cebuano, St. Nino is not just an image,
01:12but a living presence of God who gives protection,
01:17gives blessings, and also performs miracles.
01:21To our fellow Cebuano, Happy Sinulog Festival!
01:23This is Kuya Kim, and I will answer you 24 hours a day.
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