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DEVOTION
People come in droves
– and usually barefoot – every Jan. 9 to the Feast of the Black Nazarene
in Quiapo, Manila. The gigantic image of the Black Nazarene, blackened
(but not burned) in a fire that hit the Quiapo Church during the Spanish
colonial occupation, is paraded around Quiapo during the feast, and
according to legend grants whatever is wished by its devotees. Millions of
people pledge themselves to participate in the yearly feast in the hope of
a better life – some of them even bringing miniatures of the image like
this bemoustached man caught by the camera. The crowd this year – a time
of crisis – is reportedly the biggest in the tradition’s entire history.
Photo by
Aubrey
SC Makilan/
Bulatlat
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