Caballo Festival – Relives the Memories of the Horse Riding Savior

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CABALLO FESTIVAL

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The Caballo Festival is dedicated to the town’s parton saint, Señor Santiago de Apostol. The festival is celebrated through street dancing, which involves the performance of the three basic Caballo steps.

According to the legend, during a battle between Christians and Muslims, the townsfolk were claimed to be saved by an apparition riding a horse. The apparition eventually became Compostela’s patron saint.

Caballo, the Spanish term for “horse,” eventually became the festival’s name. Read More: http://www.localphilippines.com/events/caballo-festival

Photo from: http://www.tourganize.com/article/blog/2015/08/23/cebu-festivals-that-you-should-visit/

After six dormant years of waiting, the Caballo de Compostela Festival of the Municipality of Compostela, Cebu soars high as it celebrates its third on July twenty-five since its formative years starting in 2005. The idea of reviving the festival stems from the interest of its locals and spearheaded by the local government.

The religious festival is conceptualized in honor of Señor Santiago de Apostol, or Saint James the Apostle, the town’s Patron. The Spanish concept of mounting Jesus’ famous apostle on a white horse establishes old faith and tradition, an embellishment of man’s fascination over a vanguard of the Divine Creator. Read More: http://www.philstar.com/cebu-lifestyle/2012/06/23/820584/caballo-de-compostela-streetdance-festival

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A street dancing competition that honors the town’s patron saint, Señor Santiago de Apostol. Saint James was not a Spaniard. But he was buried in an ancient burial ground in Spain after being beheaded by the Roman emperor Herod of Agrippa. Centuries passed and the tomb became forgotten until an old hermit named Pelagio, guided by a bright star, found the Saint’s tomb in a field. Thus the name Compostela, coined from the words “campo” or field and “stella” or star. A basilica was erected in that place. This is northwest of Spain. The battle of Clavejo in 844 AD immortalized the icon as a horse rider when, allegedly, Saint James, mounted on a white horse, routed the Moors.

History retells of a war between Christians and Muslims where the townsfolk saw and was saved by a miraculous apparition of a man riding a horse and later became known as the town’s patron saint. Read More: http://www.tourganize.com/article/blog/2015/08/23/cebu-festivals-that-you-should-visit/

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