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The Cebu Heritage Monument is a tableu showcasing the historical events in Cebu from Rajah Humabon’s time until Pedro Calungsod’s beatification.

This landmark is located at Plaza Parian, where the most prominent Cebuano families during the Spanish era resided.

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Snippets of the Linotype machine in Museo Sugbo.

Linotype (line-of-type)

n. The Linotype Module 31 is a classic typesetting machine used by newspapers in Cebu before 1970. The Linotype was used by newspapers to cast lines of type rather than individual letters.

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Magellan’s Cross holds a big part in the history of Cebu, and in the birth of Christianity in the Philippines.

This is believed to be a Christian Cross planted by Ferdinand Magellan, along with the Portuguese and Spanish explorers on March 15, 1521.

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Magdarame or Flagellants walk through the streets while whipping their backs with bamboo sticks, to ask for forgiveness of sins committed and to fulfill vows.

Holy Week in San Fernando, Pampanga, 2019.

Holi is also known as the Festival of Colors or Festival of Love. You can see young and old people covered in colored powder while they throw their worries away through singing and dancing.

Holi in Manila, 2019.