Feast of Black Nazarene 2014- Aerial Shot

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The Black Nazarene, known to devotees in Spanish as Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno(Tagalog: Poóng Itím na Nazareno) is a life-sized, dark wooden sculpture of Jesus Christcarrying the cross, and is believed to be miraculous by many Filipino Catholics.

It is one of two such statues brought from Mexico; the older and more popular copy belonging to the Recollects was destroyed in Second World War during the Liberation of Manila in 1945. Originally of fair complexion, popular tradition holds that it was charred by a fire aboard the Manila galleon transporting it from Mexico, resulting in its present colouration.

The Black Nazarene is removed for public procession from its major shrine in the Minor Basilica on three annual occasions: New Year's Day, Good Friday, and on 9 January, when its first novena feast, official translation (Spanish: traslación) and enshrinement in the present Basilica is commemorated. The event is attended by several million devotees that crowd the streets of processional route through the City of Manila.

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