Filipino Catholic devotees swarmed the Black Nazarene's carriage during a procession ... to the life-sized statue of Jesus and tow its rope on the way to Quiapo Church on January 9.

These are some of the things in the discourse every time the Procession for the Jesus Nazareno (also known as the Black Nazarene) comes annually every ... who is a "mamamasan" (carrier of the rope).

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 ... for a chance to pull the thick rope towing the carriage across the Philippine ...

Cruz, Manila, told INQUIRER.net that getting close to the carriage, or even the rope pulling it ... how deeply devoted the people are to the Black Nazarene, we can really say, it is real and ...

A mammoth crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic devotees joined Thursday a chaotic procession through downtown Manila to venerate a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ ... (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe) ...

The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia. The image was previously called the Black Nazarene, but church officials appealed for a change, saying ...

The Black Nazarene arrived at Plaza Miranda around ... Devotees vie to touch the Kanang Balikat, or the rope to the side of the image’s right shoulder due to the belief that it possesses great ...

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 to pull ...