today we are celebrating the feast of the black nazarene, and as expected the procession was attended by thousands of its devotees and just like before there are casualties, 2 died today and 31 others were injured (see full story here).... the 2 who died suffered from heart attack, i do feel for them but we all know that procession is not for the faint of heart. i haven't been to its feast day but i have plans of attending the procession someday, i am not a devotee of the nazarene but i do visit the church.
i cant really tell the devotees not to go gaga over the 400+ year image... but it's supposed to be a show of devotion but somehow why does it always end up in a tragedy?
