Quiapo and the Nazarene Feast 2008

Its like a family tradition for us to attend the mass every Nazarene feast in Quaipo Church. Last week we planned carefully on where shall we proceed during the big mass event. Our main plan is the usual main road path to cross going to the church, but we forgot that we always attend the mass every morning during the previous years, so to note this quick, it will be our first time to attend the mass on the afternoon and on the right spot were the Nazarene will march down outside the church. Its one big walkathon and elbow shielding moment when we are get stranded inside a big large crowd of people.



1st stop. We didn't know that the procession started with some delay, so in here we got some time to take the part of the road. Getting in to Raon st. and proceed at the back of the church.


going near the church is difficult. People are coming in and some are going out. The road was blocked by the crowd so here we were standed standing in the middle, and then the pushing started, people at the back were pushing us in so its like a mini stampede when big number of people suddenly pushed us and then we just pushed people infront us. A lady was nearly thrown out of the line and landed in a fire burning candle station. Then emergency people were crossing infront of us assisting a blind old lady with her family out of the crowd, then other family member carries a female member at the back all wasted and wet with sweat.



it was hot and crowdy, we managed to stop by inside a KFC and finished the mass while we are inside. We started to get out of the area when the way is okay and started the next mass.
its funny, before we went inside we encountered these giant python size firecrackers and exploding baby dynamite in Raon.


after crossing Raon and went out of the church side, we plan to cross the road under the bridge, but when we arrived people were still in there and we didn't know that the Nazarene just crossed infront of us. its just a great sight to see it! even though that I just found a news that it wasn't the original Nazarene. It was just a replica that the church made. The original one was secretly kept safe and in the process of preservation.


after our big day, we ate in our favorite chinese restaurant in Quaipo.
this is in Chonam, were we eat with my family when we were still a youngling.
then after eating we visit some spots in Arlegui, hehhehe you know what we are talking about.



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