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Wedding traditions of Cebu

The oldest Spanish city in the islands, where Visayan weddings come with lechon, a dance of the bride and groom and the Santo Nino.

Cebu has a deep devotion to the Santo Nino, and many couples visit the basilica after their wedding. Reception food centres on lechon, the roast pig.

Cebu: View at the top of Osmeña Peak, overlooking Tañon Strait. At the background is Mount Kanlaon, Negros Island.
Photo: Tyrll Adolf Itong, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A wedding here

Families hold a pamanhikan, in which the groom's family visits the bride's home to ask formally for her hand. The wedding is usually a church Mass with a reception featuring a roast pig and a rice cake called puto.

Where weddings happen

Churches, resorts on Mactan island and city hotels. Mass weddings are sometimes organised by the city government.

The season and the calendar

January has the Sinulog festival of the Santo Nino, which brings crowds. Other months with fewer rains are preferred.

Wedding customs of Cebu

Also part of it, and being written: Santo Nino de Cebu (The image venerated in Cebu.), Marriage and wedding customs in the Philippines (The formal visit to the bride's family.), Lechon (The roast pig.), Sinulog (The festival in January.).

A wedding trail idea for Cebu

  1. Basilica del Santo Nino A major basilica.
  2. Carbon Market A big market.
  3. Magellan's Cross A landmark.
About this page

Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

KindRiteVowBetrothalGift customAttireAdornmentPerformanceFeast customBlessingPlayFamily roleSettingModern
StageFinding a matchEngagement and betrothalThe weeks beforeThe eveProcession and arrivalThe ceremonyThe wedding feastReception, dance and giftsAfter the wedding

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