SUBSCRIBESinulog 06: Outside the Basilica
Outside the gates of the Basilica, vendors are swarming, asking passersby and devotees to buy from them their candles and prayers and images. Some are dancing the sinulog, footwork, waving of the candles, lips mumbling with prayers and then gives the candles to the one paying. Devotees lighting candles on improvised catch basins and recycled oil cans to collect the melted wax to be made into candles again.
At the back of the Basilica, Sto. Nino image vendors congregate selling various sizes of the famed image as well as repairing old and worn statuettes, replacing faded capes and repainting. A few years ago, these vendors were at the sides of the church but the mayor, Tomas Osmena dismanted their stalls and assigned them at the back since they were stalling traffic.
A candle vendor doing the prayer dance sinulog (left) while these vendors (right) were in the shade waiting for devotees.
An imahen vendor dressing up a statue (left) while (right) tools of the trade in dressing up the image.
Newly painted images (left) being dried in the sun while (right) done images ready to be sold.
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