Naga City: All roads are heading to Naga City today as millions of devotee Bicolanos will pay homage to the miraculous image of Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia's fluvial procession on Saturday afternoon here.
This year's celebration will be graced by Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Most Rev. Charles John Brown, who arrived yesterday passing through the Bicol International Airport in Daraga, Albay before heading to Naga City.The Papal Nuncio was met by Most Rev. Rolando J. Tria Tirona, of the Archbishop of Caceres; Naga City Mayor Nelson S. Legacion and the Bicol prelates at the Archbishop's Palace in Naga City.
Barefoot men from all walks of life called voyadores then carry the image in a religious procession in an annual ritual of piety and religious fervor.They bring the image of the Nuestra Señora de Peñafrancia alongside the Divino Rostro from a shrine to a river for a fluvial procession, which usually lasts six hours, until it reaches a dock near the city's Basilica.
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