BUTUAN CITY—-This capital city of Caraga Region is preparing for the influx of an estimated 400,000 people for the annual feast of the Santo Niño on Sunday, Jan. 19. ADVERTISEMENTThe festival is a weeklong lineup of activities that culminates in the Santo Niño feast day through a street dancing competition that depicts devotion to the child Jesus. Roel Lasco of the Santo Niño Diocesan Shrine. It will be the 34th year of Santo Niño religious festivities here. Lasco noted that in the last five years, there has been an increasing drove of Santo Niño devotees into the city, making the festivities here the largest in Mindanao.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 15, 2020 11:26 UTC