MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The procession marks the feast of Jesus Nazareno and is a major annual Catholic event in Asia.

Key Points Data from the Nazareno Operations Center reported that this year’s Traslacion, which saw over 8 million attendees, was marked by numerous incidents as devotees attempted to get closer ...

Footage shows the sea of devotees dressed in maroon and gold jockeying to climb ... The Feast of Jesus Nazareno is a grand spectacle of devotion in the predominantly Catholic country, and is ...

(AP Photo/Basilio Sepe) Devotees grab the rope as they pull a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.

The color maroon dominates my social media page usually ... before ending at the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno at 7:45 p.m. A feature of Traslacion is the “Dungaw ...

Devotees climb on a glass-covered carriage carrying the image of Jesus Nazareno during its annual procession in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe) ...

“I hope China will ease up on us, they cannot seize everything as theirs,” said Espinocilla, who was wearing a maroon T-shirt printed with the face of Jesus Nazareno. “It is ours, not theirs.

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle yesterday, straining to reach a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ in an annual display of religious ...

A massive crowd of more than 7.4 million mostly barefoot devotees has joined the largest religious procession in the predominantly Catholic Philippines in honour of a centuries-old statue of Jesus ...