Hundreds of thousands of barefoot devotees joined an annual procession in the Philippines of a centuries ... sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized image of ...

Some devotees threw white ... it to the Philippines from Mexico in the early 17th century. The procession, called the "traslacion", or translation, commemorates the transfer of the Black Nazarene ...

Philippines' Black Nazarene Procession Draws Hundreds ... Some devotees threw white towels at the image as marshals wiped them of its surface, believing that touching the statue would bless ...