faith or desperation

the mamoth crowd (2.6 million devotees) who attended the black nazarene procession yesterday. photo by Sidney, do visit his blog for more awesome photos.

i cant believe the size of this crowd, each and everyone trying to get near the 401 year old image, sure looks dangerous to be there... and it makes me really wonder if its faith or desperation why the devotees keep on multiplying.

dont want to sound so skeptic in here but i guess i have to go out there and join the procession in order to experience what the devotees describe as something really spiritual.

btw, Señor Enrique also "covered" the event, please visit his blog as well for breathtaking pictures.

viva el señor nazareno

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?