Santo Niño: The Filipino festival of Child Jesus
15 Jan 2017 3:52 PM IST15 Jan 2017 3:52 PM IST
The feast in celebration of the Child Jesus, the oldest relic in Philippines, is arguably one of the most flamboyant in the country.
A boy carries an image of the Child Jesus as he waits for the traditional blessing with holy water to celebrate its feast day.- A child sits on his baby carriage as he waits for The Three Kings procession to pass by, during the feast of The Epiphany in the Guarda Viejo neighborhood of Guatemala City. On Epiphany Catholics commemorate the journey of the Three Kings, or Magi, to pay homage to baby Jesus.
- Roman Catholic devotees raise their images of the Child Jesus to be blessed with holy water. Thousands of images of The Child Jesus are paraded around the streets in the annual celebration in this only predominantly Catholic nation in Asia.
- Roman Catholic devotees collect drops of holy water sprinkled to them as well as to images of the Child Jesus.
- A Roman Catholic devotee carries a basket of images of the Child Jesus as she waits for the traditional blessing with holy water.
- A Roman Catholic devotee tries to catch drops of holy water being showered to them.
- A lay minister blesses with holy water hundreds of images of the Child Jesus following a mass.
- Roman Catholic devotees raise their images of the Child Jesus to be blessed with holy water following a mass to celebrate its feast day.
A boy carries an image of the Child Jesus as he waits for the traditional blessing with holy water to celebrate its feast day.
The feast in celebration of the Child Jesus, the oldest relic in Philippines, is arguably one of the most flamboyant in the country.
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