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for those who have the bandwidth capability to enjoy it, Reuters.co.uk has a
nice film clip of a procession in Manila which surely has middlevil
overtones.
perhaps this url will get you to the page where it is listed (for now) :
http://tv.reuters.co.uk/ifr_main.jsp?st=1105373442378&rf=bm&mp=WMP&wmp=1&rm=1&cpf=true&fr=011005_111042_2bb514x1015b69b99ex57fc&rdm=545156.2455229353
here's the text description, which is only worth about 1/1000th of the
experience of seeing it for reel:
A touch is said to bring miracles -- and this attracts believers to get close
to the life-sized statue of Jesus, known as the Black Nazarene.
Thousands joined the procession carrying the 200-year-old statue from the
church through congested downtown Manila on Sunday (January 9) Fireworks
banged and church bells pealed as the statue of Christ bearing the cross on
his shoulder was brought out of the church on a cart.
Throngs tried to climb up the cart but were pushed back by marshals.
Dozens fell and crawled away over the heads of others until they were able to
step back onto the ground.
Many squeezed their way in to grab a piece of the rope used to pull the cart
or threw white towels at marshals, asking them to wipe the cloths on the
statue.
More than 1,500 police and volunteer marshals guarded the procession which
weaved across a main road and through back alleys under a scorching sun.
The celebration is one of the largest in the Philippines, Asia's only
predominantly Roman Catholic country.
The statue is also brought out on Good Friday.
Following mass, men wearing white shirts or maroon robes brave heat and risk
stampedes seeking special favours or to give thanks for those already granted
as they followed the statue.
Many who joined the procession on Sunday said their prayers were going to the
victims and survivors of the tsunami which devastated countries along the
Indian ocean.
"The prayers being done here now, these are prayers asking God that the
tragedy that happened to our neighbours won't happen to us here. These are
prayers for Thailand and other countries hit by that Tsunami," 28 year old
messenger Chito Sicogo told Reuters.
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