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Cebu in Philippines is a place with a multitude of communities and clans inhabiting the place. Thus ethnically it houses a number of religious celebrations related to each of the different communities in Cebu. Cebu is a place for religious jubilation throughout the year and these religious festivities are always celebrated with grand pomp and pronouncement. In fact being a Philippine city Cebu is known for its colorful ways of celebrating the historical and religious festivities. Culturally Cebu has experienced a lot of cross sectioning of ethnic norms and systems as it has been under different colonial influences at different times. The month of October comes to life with a number of festive occasions lined up to let you decide your itinerary in Cebu. One of the prominent Cebuano festival attractions is the Chinese Moon Festival. This festival is celebrated in the first week of October and is mostly known to be an affair of one whole week. This celebration mostly takes place between 2nd of October to 7th of October and being such a colorful jubilation it attracts a lot of crowd from among both the natives and tourists. The processions are organized mostly by the Filipino-Chinese community living in Cebu and dragon dances and firework shows make this occasion a more colorful and glamorous fete for tourists to enjoy. Being such a popular fest in Cebu the Chinese Moon Festival draws a lot of crowd and attention among the tourists and plays an equally efficient role in enhancing the sphere of tourism in Cebu.
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