LOOK: Thousands join fluvial procession in Naga
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LOOK: Thousands join fluvial procession in Naga
Basilio H. Sepe,
ABS-CBN News
Published Sep 17, 2017 06:06 PM PHT
NAGA -- Thousands of Filipino Catholics celebrated the annual festival of the Our Lady of Penafrancia in Naga City, Camarines Sur province on Saturday.
NAGA -- Thousands of Filipino Catholics celebrated the annual festival of the Our Lady of Penafrancia in Naga City, Camarines Sur province on Saturday.
The festival started with a "novena" or nine days of prayer at the Cathedral of Naga, where the wooden image of the Virgin Mary was brought from its original home at the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Penafrancia also in Naga City.
The festival started with a "novena" or nine days of prayer at the Cathedral of Naga, where the wooden image of the Virgin Mary was brought from its original home at the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Penafrancia also in Naga City.
The culmination of the week-long festival was the fluvial parade along Naga River, which has become an annual attraction for the city attended by devotees and tourists.
The culmination of the week-long festival was the fluvial parade along Naga River, which has become an annual attraction for the city attended by devotees and tourists.
The statue of the Virgin Mary, fondly called "Ina" by Bicolanos, is actually a replica of the Madonna in Salamanca, Spain.
The statue of the Virgin Mary, fondly called "Ina" by Bicolanos, is actually a replica of the Madonna in Salamanca, Spain.
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Devotees waving white handkerchiefs greeted the image as it made its way through the river and the narrow streets of the city pulled by the "voyadores," or devotees entrusted to carry the image and bring it back to its home shrine on the last day of festivities.
Devotees waving white handkerchiefs greeted the image as it made its way through the river and the narrow streets of the city pulled by the "voyadores," or devotees entrusted to carry the image and bring it back to its home shrine on the last day of festivities.
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