A crowd estimate by late afternoon Friday of over 600,000 Catholic devotees is seen to have filled the streets of Manila for the procession of the carriage or andas carrying the image of the Black Nazarene during the annual religious procession or Traslacion on 9 January.
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This year's Traslacion has reached its record-breaking 23rd hour. The procession of the Jesus Nazareno started at about 3:58 a.m. on Friday, 9 January.
This is the slowest procession since 2017 and 2018, when it took only 22 hours to return the image to Quiapo Church.
Silgen Cabrito, Communications Coordinator of Quiapo Church, attributed the sluggish progress to "more aggressive devotees."
"It seems that many devotees are more aggressive in getting in front of the image," Cabrito told reporters.
"Many of them stop at the front of the andas to pray and then try to climb up to touch the mirror," he added.
Cabrito said the average time and motion before turning right at Arlegui St. is 3.5 hours per kilometer.
"The roads of Arlegui St. are congested and people who have come out of work are also arriving," he added.
The traditional "Dungaw," or the moment where the image of Jesus Nazareno stops for the moment to meet the image of His mother, Mary, which takes place at the Minor Basilica and Parish of San Sebastian, has yet to commence.
As of 2AM, there are an estimated 1.2 million devotees are currently joining the procession.
Meanwhile, the fastest Traslacion happened in 2024 when the image of the Jesus Nazareno entered Quiapo Church in less than 15 hours.
