A friend asked what Pit Senyor means and I believe it's a corruption of "Sampit sa Senyor" meaning "Call Senior (God).
The sinulog festival is ongoing in Cebu, Philippines, and here are some links. There are some four million visitors:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEmQLOVfcbU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDfx-xyRj04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-khvErCrvw
And here's the most recent update re Gwendolyn Garcia who danced at the Sinulog
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/343775/gwen-garcia-dances-all-her-heart-out-at-sinulog-festivities
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Cebu Philippines, Sinulog 2013
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books..
Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized.
Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines.
She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.
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