Nazareno

Posted by Danilo Cruz Jr (Zamboanga City, Philippines) on 12 January 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

The Black Nazarene or in Spanish "Nazareno" is a life-sized, dark-skinned statue of Jesus Christ that a priest bought in Mexico and carved by an Aztec carpenter. The image is now enshrined in the minor basilica in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines and the day on which devotees go to the church is Friday.

For more than 200 years, the statue has been placed on a gilded carriage every January and pulled through the streets of Quiapo by male devotees dressed in maroon. People who touch the Nazarene are reported to sometimes be healed of diseases. Catholics come from all over Manila on the chance that they will be able to get close enough to touch the image and perhaps receive a miracle. They also throw towels to the people guarding the statue and ask them to rub the towel on the statue in hopes of carrying some of that power away with them.

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