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Tens of thousands of devotees, mostly males, gather around the image of the Black Nazarene as it is brought out of Quiapo Church in downtown Manila for its annual procession in celebration of its feast day Friday Jan. 9, 2004 in Manila. Pic: AP.

Philippines marks feast of Black Nazarene

By Sun, Jan 09, 2011 7:54AM UTC View Comments Tens of thousands of devotees, mostly males, gather around the image of the Black Nazarene as it is brought out of Quiapo Church in downtown Manila for its annual procession in celebration of its feast day Friday Jan. 9, 2004 in Manila. Pic: AP.

Hundreds of thousands are gathered today in front of the Quirino Grandstand at Rizal Park in Manila for the “translacion” of the pilgrim image of the Black Nazarene, patron of the downtown district of the nation’s capital. It is considered one of the greatest religious and cultural feasts in the Philippines. Popular belief says that...

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