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Feast of the Black Nazarene: The sounds of Quiapo

Podcast and photos by LOIS JOY GUINMAPANG THE annual Feast of the Black Nazarene culminates on Wednesday with the grand translacion procession that will bring the life-sized dark wooden sculpture of the Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno from the Quirino Grandstand back to its home at Quiapo Church. The celebration started days earlier. On Monday, devotees

Feast of the Black Nazarene: The sounds of Quiapo

Black Nazarene procession: Broken wheels and strong will

Text and photos by VINCENT GO
IT was the longest procession to date in the history of Quiapo Church’s centuries-old Black Nazarene. It took almost 22 hours for the life-size wooden sculpture of a dark-colored Jesus carrying the cross to return to church after leaving the Quirino Grandstand at the Rizal Park Monday morning. It was already quarter past 5 a.m. of Tuesday when it entered Quiapo Church as millions of devotees who believe the icon to be miraculous participated in the annual feast of the Black Nazarene.

Black Nazarene procession: Broken wheels and strong will