Traditions and customs in Cebu City

1. Sinulog Festival

A million people in the streets each January for the Santo Niño, with a two-step dance that gives the festival its name.

• Best time: Third Sunday of January

2. Guitar making in Lapu-Lapu

A century-old craft on Mactan Island, working with local woods.

3. Fiesta culture

Every barangay has its patron and its annual feast, with open houses feeding anyone who arrives.

4. Karaoke

A social institution rather than a novelty, in homes and on street corners.

5. Island hopping by bangka

Outrigger boats to the reefs and sandbars off Mactan and Olango.