Thousands of devotees flocked to the streets of Quiapo in Manila for the return of the yearly procession of the image of the Black Nazarene on Good Friday.
The motorcade, which started a few minutes after 11 p.m. Thursday, lasted for about one hour and 30 minutes. Roughly 11,000 people marched along the vicinity of the Quiapo Church, according to the Manila Police District .
“Ito pong ruta na we are supposed to cover ay nadaanan natin. Nakita natin na mapayapa at sumusunod ang ating mga deboto,” Valdez told reporters Charlotte Mae Colon, who came all the way from Leyte, said it was her first time to see upclose the image of the Black Nazarene. "Talagang sanay ako na naghahawak ng lubid, sumasampa sa karosa — ‘yung natural talagang tradisyon. ‘Yun po sana ‘yung gusto naming maibalik, pero masaya pa rin kami,” John Paolo said.
[Translation: It was okay. But I hope we’d get to see the actual image of the Black Nazarene again next time to fully relive the tradition.] “Ito rin siguro ‘yung kanilang expression na gusto na nilang maranasan muli ‘yung Traslacion,” the MPD director said.
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