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Catholic devotees carry the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous celebration on its feast day in Manila, Philippines. The annual procession by hundreds of thousands of devotees is now becoming to be a tourist attraction. More than a hundred devotees were treated for mostly minor injuries. Image Credit: AP
Devotees jostle to kiss the cross of the statue of the Black Nazarene during the start of the annual procession in Manila. Image Credit: REUTERS
Devotees carry the statue of the Black Nazarene during the start of an annual procession in Manila. Image Credit: REUTERS
Catholic devotees jostle for positions as they try to kiss the cross (top C) draped on the statue of Black Nazarene during the annual procession in honor of the centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ in Manila. Image Credit: AFP
Devotees pray in an amusement park as they look at the statue of the Black Nazarene (not pictured) during a procession in Manila. Image Credit: REUTERS
A woman is pressed amongst devotees after touching the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene during a raucous procession on it's feast day in Manila, Philippines. Image Credit: AP
A woman devotee, center, grimaces as she joins a raucous procession of the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene on it's feast day in Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Roman Catholic devotees joined the annual ritual to demonstrate faith and seek miracle cures for illnesses and a good life. Image Credit: AP
A Catholic devotee (bottom left) prepares to dive back to the crowd after managing to kiss the rear end of the cross of the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous celebration on its feast day in Manila, Philippines. Image Credit: AP
Catholic devotees, including women, jostle to get closer to kiss the rear end of the cross of the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous celebration on its feast day in Manila, Philippines. Image Credit: AP
A Catholic devotee manages to get closer to kiss the rear end of the cross of the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous celebration on its feast day in Manila, Philippines. Image Credit: AP
Devotees wave white cloths to welcome the Feast of the Black Nazarene during an annual procession in Manila. Image Credit: REUTERS
Catholic devotees jostle to get closer to kiss the rear end of the cross of the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous celebration on its feast day in Manila, Philippines. Image Credit: AP
Catholic devotees jostle to get closer to the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous celebration on its feast day in Manila, Philippines. The annual procession by hundreds of thousands of devotees is now becoming to be a tourist attraction. Image Credit: AP
A Catholic devotee is carried to an ambulance after fainting during the raucous procession of the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in celebration of its feast day in Manila, Philippines. The annual procession by hundreds of thousands of devotees is now becoming to be a tourist attraction. Image Credit: AP
Catholic devotees wave white towels to cheer the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous celebration on its feast day in Manila, Philippines. The annual procession by hundreds of thousands of devotees is now becoming to be a tourist attraction. Image Credit: AP
Catholic devotees jostle for position as they try to touch the statue of Black Nazarene during the annual procession in honor of the centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ, in Manila. Image Credit: AFP
A woman Catholic devotee jostles for position as she tries to reach the statue of the Black Nazarene (not pictured) during the annual procession in honor of the centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ, in Manila. Image Credit: AFP
Catholic devotees touch the cross draped on the statue of Black Nazarene during the annual procession in honor of the centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ, in Manila. Image Credit: AFP
Philippine police officers block Catholic devotees trying to reach the life-size statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual procession in honor of the centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ in Manila. Image Credit: AFP
Catholic devotees carry the life-size statue of the Black Nazarene (C) to a carriage during an annual procession in honor of the centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ in Manila. Image Credit: AFP
A sea of Catholic devotees jostle for position as they try to touch the life-size statue of the Black Nazarene (R) as it it carried to a carriage during an annual procession in honor of the centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ in Manila. Image Credit: AFP
Catholic devotees jostle to get closer to the centuries-old image of the Black Nazarene in a raucous celebration on its feast day in Manila, Philippines. The annual procession by hundreds of thousands of devotees is now becoming to be a tourist attraction. Image Credit: AP

PICTURES Filipinos pray to ‘Black Nazarene’

The Black Nazarene, a life-size wooden statue of Jesus Christ carved in Mexico and brought to the Philippines in the 17th century, is believed to have healing powers in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.

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January 9, 2013

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