00:01Around 23,000 devotees filled the streets of Cagayan de Oro on Friday, January 9 for the annual translation of an image of Jesus Nazareno.
00:10The life-size Nazarene statue is carried about 2.5 kilometers from the Cagayan de Oro Metropolitan Cathedral to the Nazareno Parish Church.
00:19According to the local authorities, these years turned out nearly doubled last year's 13,000 attendees.
00:24In 2023, over 100,000 devotees joined when the city staged the only grand traslasyon in the country since the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:34Cagayan de Oro's annual traslasyon began when it received a replica from Quiapu Church for its jubilee celebrations.
00:41Since then, the city has hosted the annual January 9 procession, drawing thousands of devotees from across Mindanao and even the Visayas.
