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The picture of Jesus Nazareno returns to the Quiapo Church at 10:50 am on Saturday, January 10, marking the top of the longest ever Traslacion
MANILA, Philippines – The 2026 version of the Traslacion, the annual procession of the picture of Jesus Nazareno by way of the streets of Manila, is now the longest one but.
The honored statue returned to the Quiapo Church or the Minor Basilica and Nationwide Shrine of Jesus Nazareno at 10:50 am on Saturday, January 10, 30 hours and 50 minutes after leaving the Quirino Grandstand at 4 am on Friday, January 9.
The Nazareno Operations Heart stated 9.64 million folks joined the celebration of the Feast of Jesus Nazareno, together with those that participated within the Traslacion in addition to devotees on the Quirino Grandstand and the Quiapo Church.
In 2025, over 8 million joined, and the Traslacion ended after almost 21 hours. The earlier report for the longest Traslacion was 22 hours, in 2012, 2017, and 2018.
In a noon press convention on Friday, Quiapo Church technical adviser Alex Irasga famous that devotees had been nonetheless making an attempt to climb the carriage or andas bearing the picture of Jesus Nazareno, which is in opposition to the foundations. This stalled the procession.
“Sadly, mas marami ho ang sumasalubong sa harapan ng andas at sumasampa. Kaya kung napapansin ho ninyo ‘yung ating andas, medyo nakatungo ho ito. Hindi ito tumatakbo ng diretso…dahil sa bigat ho ng mga sumasampa sa ibabaw ng andas, sa harapan po,” Irasga had stated.
(Sadly, extra devotees had been blocking the entrance of the carriage and making an attempt to climb it. So in case you discover, our carriage is already tilted towards the entrance. It isn’t operating easily due to the burden of the folks climbing aboard, in entrance.)
Devotees decided to complete
The “Dungaw,” or the assembly of the picture of Jesus Nazareno with the picture of Our Woman of Mount Carmel at Plaza del Carmen, solely occurred round 24 hours after the Traslacion began.
Throughout the “Dungaw,” it was introduced previous 4 am that the Nazareno picture would briefly keep on the San Sebastian Church, situated on the plaza, in impact chopping quick the procession as a consequence of well being and security issues.
However at round 5 am, the Traslacion nonetheless proceeded as devotees had been decided to proceed onwards to the Quiapo Church.
Quiapo Church rector and parish priest Father Ramon Jade Licuanan later defined in a briefing early Saturday morning that the Division of Well being had knowledgeable them that deployed medical personnel had been already experiencing fatigue. This was taken under consideration within the determination to have the Nazareno picture stay for some time on the San Sebastian Church.
However as the huge crowd pushed the andas ahead, the procession was allowed to go on.
Two fatalities linked to the Traslacion have been recorded, and a few 1,700 medical circumstances had been attended to throughout the procession. Organizers stated additional particulars on the casualties will likely be supplied throughout their last press convention, which is about for Saturday afternoon. – Rappler.com
