Filipinos turned the streets of Manila to a sea of maroon and gold and swarmed the “Black Nazarene,” a life-sized image of Jesus Christ bearing down a cross, as devotees jostled for a chance ...
The Black Nazarene procession in Manila ... devotees carry across Manila a replica of a famous life-size statue of Jesus carrying a black wooden cross. The Philippines and East Timor are ...
(Photo: Courtesy of Jahbee Cruz) The Black Nazarene, a wooden statue of Jesus Christ crowned with thorns and bearing his cross, was brought to Manila from Mexico in 1606 by Spanish missionaries.