Feast of the Black Nazarene Quiapo Manila

Pardon the video quality, this was taken with a nokia n73 and i attached an ordinary binoculars to zoom in to the action... more 2008 videos on my folder...

i blogged about my personal experience here:
http://ianfelix.blogspot.com/2008/01/another-encounter-with-black-god.html

January 9, 2006 - The largest procession in the country takes place on January the 9th and on Good Friday through the streets of Quiapo, a small part of metro Manila.

Every year thousands of pilgrims from all over the country come to Manila to be part of the procession of the Black Nazarene. All participants in the procession hope that they will have the opportunity to touch the wooden statue. They hope that this will protect them from harm and ensure health in the future. Indeed, it is said that sometimes persons were healed of diseases after touching the statue! Some of them follow the statue during the procession because they believe it is an atonement of their sins or hope for some miracle.

The procession dates from the 17th century. Thousands of men parade through the streets with the life-sized, black wooden statue of Jesus (of Nazarene). Only men, because during the feast of the Black Nazarene thousands of barefoot men join the annual procession. Walking barefoot during the procession is seen as a sign of humility.

During this procession the men yell "Viva Señor".
Everybody who is in the neighborhood tries to touch the statue. People believe that a miracle can happen after touching it.

The statue was bought by a priest in Mexico and brought to Manila in 1606.

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• Senor
• Jesus
• Nazareno
• feast
• church
• catholic
• festival
• quiapo
• manila
• philippines
• stampede
• sacred
• vow
• devotion
• outrageous

[rolly808]

DEVOTION is a form of sacrifice... Veneration is reverence to the PROTOTYPE of the image addressed... and NOT AS AN IDOL! And they're NOT WORSHIPPED OR ADORED as heretics thought!

[khukay13]

zetitikos: wag mo pakialaman ang mga katoliko kanya kanyang panata at paniniwala yan malamang hinde ka katoliko kaya mo sinasabi yan...baket dinadayo ng mga tao yan mula sa iba't ibang lugar sa pilipinas kung hinde miraculous yan..

[duchesselegance]

I don't think filipinos are being stupid. Naniniwala sila sa Nazareno kasi gusto nila. At tsaka, democratic naman tayo. Kung ayaw mong maniwala, eh di huwag. Pero hayaan mo ang iba. Kaya di umuunlad ang Pilipinas dahil sa mga bobong tao na pumipili ng corrupt na leader at bulok na sistema ng pamamahala.

[arvin24ph]

Naku po imbes na himala makuha nyo dyan sakit pa... Patawarin sana kayo ng Dios...

kaya di umuunlad ang Pilipinas kasi umaasa sila sa himala ng PIPING DIYUS-DIYOSAN...

Bakit ang karamihan sa mga Pilipino... kapag pinagpapala sa KAHOY nag papasalamat. Pag Nasadlak sa pagsubok DIOS ang sinisisi... tsk.. tsk.. tsk...

[sidlak24hrs]

Isa lang ba ang black nazarene na nagpapagaling o naghihimala,eto lang bang nandito sa Quiapo? Nagtatanong lang, kasi kung lahat naman ng black nazarene ay nagpapagaling o naghihimala eh bakit kailangan pang magsisiksikan dyan sa Quiapo.Bibigyan na lang bawat deboto ng black nazarene para wala ng masasaktan o mamamatay. Di ba?

[misterRR1000]

anjojune,it's really hard for you to understand matters but simply easy for you to criticize. You don't really understand the real meaning n concept of idolatry. Don't be a literalist! Seems,the way your thinking,you're making your God stupid that His impartiality is unreasonable. And to you ogiatnas,do really know n understand the right meaning of chaos and disorder?

[ogiatnas]

Oo nga kanya kanya tayo ng paniniwala, ngunit hindi naman maaaring kanya kanya ng totoo. God is the God of order,this is chaos and disorder.

[anjojune]

a pity after all these years ignorant pa rin ang pinoys.. their only hope is an image which will bring them prosperity.. always living in the past, afraid of the future..