Traslacion 2020: Image of the Black Nazarene crosses Ayala Bridge

Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross

MANILA, Philippines — The Traslación of the venerated image of the Black Nazarene has crossed Ayala Bridge at around 7:40 a.m. Thursday.

About 100,000 devotees attended a morning prayer in Quirino Grandstand before the venerated image left Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park past 4 a.m.

The procession’s route this year was altered, as it crossed Ayala Bridge instead of the usual Jones Bridge.

The Department of Public Works and Highways recommended the Ayala Bridge as the safest bridge to cross since Jones Bridge was recently retrofitted.

Authorities expect that more than six million devotees will participate in the Traslación, a Spanish term for the Nazarene procession which literally means moving something from one place to another.