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dancers at the Sinulog Festival in Cebu City, Philippines
May 28, 2015

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Dancers pause during the Sinulog Festival in Cebu City, the capital of the Philippine province of Cebu. The large festival of cultural and religious pageantry honors the Santo Niño, or child Jesus, whose statue is held aloft here by a colorfully costumed “queen.”

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Photograph by Mel Kevin Jumangit, National Geographic Your Shot

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