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"The grand procession of the life-sized image of the Black Nazarene in January 2021 has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic," the city government of Manila said in a statement. Millions of ...

More than a million Catholics joined this year’s Traslacion, a dramatic religious parade returning a dark, life-size wooden statue of Jesus – called the Black Nazarene – to the Quiapo Church ...

Some of the Asian nation's most fervent scenes of devotion played out through the narrow streets of Manila's old quarter as the life-sized Black Nazarene ... (4.5-mile) parade of the icon ...

Almost 1 million people, according to organizers’ initial estimate, were participating Tuesday in the Black Nazarene procession ... luck and cures illness. The parade is often dangerous and ...

There were chaotic scenes as the feverish march got underway before dawn following an open-air mass for the so-called Black Nazarene statue ... case and allow the parade to continue on its journey ...

STORY: Waving towels which would traditionally be thrown at a black wooden statue of Jesus Christ during the parade, devotees stood spaced apart outside Quiapo Church housing the centuries-old ...

There were chaotic scenes as the feverish march got under way before dawn following an open-air Mass for the so-called Black Nazarene statue ... case and allow the parade to continue on its ...

The Black Nazarene, believed by many Filipinos to possess ... encased in glass, allowing the parade to proceed. Over 15,000 security and medical staff were deployed along the route.

The Black Nazarene The Black Nazarene refers to a life ... said Thursday he was happy the parade had resumed, but hoped it would be "more peaceful" than in the past. "Before, you can't see him ...

It is the first time the traditional parade featuring the life-sized statue has been held since 2020 after Covid-19 forced officials to drastically downsize the event. A man kisses the glass cover of ...