Friday, May 18, 2012

Penafrancia Festival




Sender: Ritz

Peñafrancia Festival, Naga City, Bicol, Phillipines

The Festival is held every 3rd Sunday of September in honour of the Virgin of Peñafrancia, the Miraculous patron saint of the Bicol Region. A nine-day novena is done in honour of the Virgin. On the ninth day, the image of the Virgin is paraded in a colourful fluvial procession on the Bicol river in downtown Naga. When it reaches the Basilica of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, the devotees shout, "Viva la Virgen!"

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