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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of worshippers joined a mass as the religious Feast of the Black Nazarene festival continued ... The Reason Train Design Changed After 1948.

It is followed by another maroon event in January: the Traslacion of the Black Nazarene. The varsity team of the University of the Philippines (UP) is called the UP Fighting Maroons. UP’s teams ...

The annual Black Nazarene procession in Manila attracts hundreds of thousands of Catholic devotees. Participants jostle to touch the revered statue, believed to bless and heal. The event underscores ...

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 ...

This annual event is a spectacle of devotion that sees barefoot pilgrims carry a revered image of the Black Nazarene through the city. The life-sized icon, also referred to as Mahal na Poong Jesus ...

Filipino Catholics jostle to touch the carriage carrying the statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual procession on its feast day in Manila Jan. 9, 2025. The wooden statue, carved in Mexico and ...

Devotees with their miniature statues join the solemn procession of the Señor Jesus Nazareno in downtown Davao City on Thursday afternoon (9 January 2025). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO ...