At least three million devotees took part or watched the dark-skinned, image of Christ being paraded on a carriage in a festival that had been held for more than 200 years. The Feast is held every year on January 9, highlighted by the “Traslacion,” a mammoth procession participated in by millions of maroon-clad, barefoot Filipino devotees, shouting “Viva Senor.”
A devotee is lifted to the paramedics after fainting during the "translacion" or grand procession of the image of the Black Nazarene Wednesday Jan. 9, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. The Feast is held every year on January 9, highlighted by the “Traslacion,” a mammoth procession participated in by millions of maroon-clad, barefoot Filipino devotees, shouting “Viva Senor.”
