Devotees clad in yellow and maroon thronged the life-sized statue known as the "Black Nazarene" as it was paraded through the streets of Manila aboard a rope-pulled carriage, in one of the main ...

The cardinal gave a homily at a Mass to kick off the annual Black Nazarene procession. Known as the traslacion, the 19-hour procession through the streets of Manila takes place each year on Jan. 9.

The nation's capital celebrates every January 9 the Feast of the Black Nazarene, and the highlight of the celebrations is the hours-long mass procession popularly known as Traslación, the Spanish ...

The giant religious parade commemorates the arrival of the ... Its colour -- which has led it to be popularly known as the Black Nazarene -- was believed to have been caused by a fire aboard ...

Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized image of Jesus Christ bearing down a cross, as devotees jostled for a chance ...

The street parade is known as Sadsad ... The Traslación is a reenactment of the transfer of the Black Nazarene’s replica image from Intramuros to Quiapo Church in 1787. Large crowds donned ...

On Jan. 9, he joined up to 2.5 million devotees seeking redemption at the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene. The Philippines is home to Asia’s largest Catholic population and the country with ...

MANILA, Philippines — On Jan. 9, more than 8 million mostly barefoot Filipino devotees filled the streets of Manila for the annual “Black Nazarene” procession, one of the world’s largest ...

This year, with the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the traslacion of the Black Nazarene of Quiapo returns with a new andas MANILA, Philippines — After a three-year suspension due to COVID-19 ...

The Black Nazarene procession in Manila, Philippines, which annually attracts one of the world’s largest crowds for a religious devotion, attracted hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic ...

Each year, a centuries-old wooden statue of Jesus Christ, called The Black Nazarene, is paraded through the Philippine capital. This year, police and foreign embassies advised attendees to be on ...

MANILA, Philippines — Starting today, devotees of the Black Nazarene may start lining up at the Quirino Grandstand for the “Pagpupugay” or paying respects, replacing the traditional ...