SYND 12 4 79 PROCESSION OF THE BLACK NAZARENE PATRON SAINT OF MANILA

(12 Apr 1979) The Black Nazarene is a life-sized statue of Christ that a priest bought in Mexico, carved by an Aztec carpenter. The statue was brought to Manila in 1606. The statue was blackened by a shipboard fire, on the journey from Acapulco to Manila, and has since been called the Black Nazarene. The procession, and the accompanying Feast of the Black Nazarene, takes place every year on the ninth day of January. For more than 200 years the church has been placing the statue on a gilded carriage every January and pulling it through the streets of Quiapo. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...