Filipinos honor Black Nazarene in annual street pageantry
China Daily | Updated: 2010-01-11 07:45
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The wooden, lifesize statue of the Black Nazarene makes its way through the streets of Manila this weekend for the largest annual parade in the predominantly Roman Catholic Philippines. Reuters |
MANILA: Hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics in the Philippines followed a centuries old statue of Jesus Christ through the streets of Manila on Saturday as part of an annual ritual in which devotees express gratitude and seek redemption from sins, miracle cures and a better life.
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