Black Nazarene image returns to Quiapo

10 Jan 2026 • 10:51 AM MYT
The Manila Times
The Manila Times

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After over 30 hours of traveling, the image of the Black Nazarene has returned to Quiapo church on Saturday.

The andas or carriage containing the Nazarene's image arrived at the church at 10:50 a.m. on Saturday, after starting the procession at 4 a.m. on Friday.

The total running time of the Traslacion was 1 day, 6 hours and 50 minutes.

This year’s Traslacion has officially become the longest procession in history, having surpassed the 22-hour, 14-minute record in 2012.

In addition, the Manila PIO recorded an accumulated 7,337,700 people that joined the annual procession since Thursday, according to the Accumulated Grand Total Drone Crowd Estimate of the Innovation Integrated GIS and Data Hub of the MDRRMO.