Cebu, Philippines - January 14th – Numerous celebrations are held on the occasion of the national feast of “Santo Niño” all over the Philippines, and people participate with devotion and in large numbers in this event. in Cebu the little statue of the “Santo Niño”, one of the most ancient Christian relics of the country - which according to tradition was donated in 1521 by the first European explorers to Raja Humabon, King of the island of Cebu, on the occasion of his conversion to Catholicism – is taken in procession from the Basilica Minor where it is normally kept to the National Sanctuaries of St. Joseph and of Our Lady of the Rule, before returning to its place on the morning of the Sunday festivity, through a great fluvial procession.