(9 Jan 2013) SHOTLIST
1. Mid of the Image of the Black Nazarene on carriage zoom out to hundreds of thousands of devotees
2. Mid of devotees pulling rope
3. Various of procession
4. Close of man walking on other devotees reaching for the carriage
5. Wide of crowd around carriage
6. Close of man kissing the Cross of the Black Nazarene
7. Wide of procession
8. Mid of devotee Jason Mojica pushing stroller with his 4 year-old son Richard
9. Close of Richard's feet, tilt up his face
10. SOUNDBITE: (TAGALOG) Jason Mojica, devotee:
"When he (Richard) was born he was pronounce dead but he was revived. That is why we are here to offer our devotion to the Nazarene for him, this is his fourth year to join this procession."
11. Wide of medical workers attending to wounded devotee
12. Mid of medical workers loading devotee in ambulance
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Roman Catholic devotees have joined a raucous procession of a statue of Jesus Christ being pulled through the streets of the Philippine capital.
It is an annual ritual to demonstrate faith and seek miracle cures for illnesses and good life.
Police estimate about 500-thousand started off from Manila's Rizal Park early on Wednesday for the daylong march through the city's central district.
During past events, the statue, known as the Black Nazarene, was pulled around the church square, but this time organisers decided to take it first to a central park and through the city streets so that more people would have a chance to see it, before it was taken back to the downtown Quiapo church.
The life-sized wooden figure was believed to have been brought by Spanish missionaries from Mexico in 1606.
Devotees jostled each other to touch the statue in hopes that its mystical powers will rub off on them.
"When he (Richard) was born he was pronounce dead but he was revived that is why we are here to offer our devotion to the Nazarene for him," said Jason Mojica, a 23 year old devotee.
Many believe the Black Nazarene holds mystical powers that can wash away sins or cure illnesses.
People hurl towels or handkerchiefs to be wiped on the icon.
The Red Cross says dozens suffered minor injuries and one was seriously hurt.
The Spanish missionary ship that brought the original statue to the Philippines, a former colony, caught fire and the image was burned but survived as a testament to a unique brand of Catholicism that combines folk superstitions.
The Philippines, Asia's most predominantly Christian nation, is 80 percent Catholic.
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