Sunday, January 13, 2008

Annual Quiapo death march

It puzzles me how devotees can manage to take part in the annual Black Nazarene procession in Quiapo knowing that they can be one of the yearly casualties at the said event.

It never fails. Numerous people die and even more get injured just by attending the procession. The culprit? Exhaustion, extreme heat and a chaotic stampede.

I know Catholicism is huge in the country, but this is something I will never be able to understand.

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