Festivals and religious practices have long been integral to the Filipino identity, deeply intertwined with the nation's ...

One of the faithful Catholics who attended this year’s Traslacion is Melanie Talan ... Quiapo Church after seeing the glimpse of the Black Nazarene’s image at the Quirino Grandstand on ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines—The traslacion of Jesus Nazareno has always ... “looking at how deeply devoted the people are to the Black Nazarene, we can really say, it is real and the people’s ...

The procession, called the “traslacion,” or translation, commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church inside the old Spanish colonial capital of Intramuros, in present-day ...

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 ...

Devotees carry images of the Black Nazarene during the procession, commemorating the Traslación, or the transfer of the Black Nazarene from the St. Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral to the Jesus ...

More than 13,000 Catholic devotees joined the Traslacion of the Black Nazarene in Cagayan de Oro on Thursday, January 9, 2025, according to the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO). COCPO also ...

The Black Nazarene procession in Manila ... Taking place each year in January, the procession, known locally as “Traslacion,” sees devotees carry across Manila a replica of a famous life ...

The procession, called the “traslacion”, or translation, commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene from a church inside the old Spanish capital of Intramuros to its present location in Quiapo ...

Barefoot men and women in maroon shirts—the color of the robe that covers the black, wooden Jesus the Nazarene statue—scrambled to grab the rope used to draw the life-sized religious icon, believing ...