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Black Nazarene returns to Quiapo after 20 hours

/ 02:02 AM January 10, 2016

After 20 hours, the Black Nazarene was finally home.

The carriage or “andas” of the 400-year-old cross-bearing Christ reached Quiapo Church through Plaza Miranda at around 2 a.m. Sunday.

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The “traslacion” left the Quirino Grandstand at 5:55 a.m. on Saturday.

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This year’s phase was considered one of the fastest in the past years, despite initial projection from organizers that it would finish by 4 a.m.

Last year’s procession lasted for 21 hours and 35 minutes and arrived at the Quiapo Church at 3:45 a.m.

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As of midnight, the procession crowd was last estimated at 502,000, half the initial one million devotees at the start of the “traslacion.”

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Meanwhile, the crowd at the Quiapo Church vicinity, last pegged at 500,000, thickened as the procession progressed.

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No safety or security incidents were reported in the procession, but there were two fatalities during the feast.

As of 9:30 p.m., the Philippine Red Cross said it served a total of 1,298 patients, most of which were for blood pressure monitoring and treatment of minor injuries.

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The revered icon of Jesus Christ, which was believed to be miraculous, got its ebony hue supposedly after catching fire in a galleon on its way to the Philippines from Mexico.

The annual grand procession, the largest in the predominantly Catholic country, commemorates the first parade transferring the statue from a church in Intramuros to the Quiapo Church on Jan. 9, 1767. TVJ

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