Devotees gather to see the Black Nazarene statue during the annual religious procession in Manila January 9, 2020. — AFP pic
The Philippines, renowned for its colourful religious rituals, has the second-highest number of novel coronavirus infections and deaths in South-east Asia behind Indonesia. Millions of devotees, mostly in yellow and maroon shirts and walking barefoot, typically jostle to draw near a carriage bearing the life-sized image of the “Black Nazarene” shouldering a heavy cross. The statue, carved in Mexico, is believed to have miraculous healing powers even to the slightest touch.
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