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Fluvial Procession
300 Years of Devotion to Our Lady of Peñafrancia (1710-2010)
Naga City, Camarines Sur
Philippines
The Retablo of Our Lady of Penafrancia in the Penafrancia Shrine, Naga City is under restoration so her image was removed from her original location.
The Retablo of Our Lady of Penafrancia in the Penafrancia Shrine, Naga City is under restoration so her image was removed from her original location.
The image of the Sto Nino de Cebu bought by my mother in Cebu last January 18, 2009.
Regalia: Mr. Dodong Azares of Caloocan City
Cape: Butch of Bombon, Camarines Sur
Fluvial Procession
300 years of Devotion to Our Lady of Penafrancia (1710-2010)
Naga City, Camarines Sur
Philippines
The Image of the Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia on her "pagoda" during the fluvial procession along the Naga river on her way back to the Penafrancia Basilica Minore and National Shrine. (September 20, 2008)
on Explore! Sept. 22, 2008
Considered the biggest and most popular religious event in the Philippines, the Peñafrancia fiesta is in fact a one-week affair that starts on the second Friday of September when the miraculous Ina is transferred from her shrine to the centuries-old Naga Metropolitan Cathedral where a nine-day novena and prayers are held in her honor. Ranking government officials, Cabinet members, ambassadors, governors, mayors, senators, diputados , business/industry leaders, landlords, etc., vie for the distinct honor of sponsoring a nightly novena and prayers at the Naga Cathedral.
A procession, locally called traslacion (is the transferring of the miraculous Image of the Virgin, Our Lady of Peñafrancia and of the Divino Rostro to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Naga City for a Novena and Holy Masses. This begun in 1885.), ushers in the weeklong festivities which include civic and military parades, sports competitions, agro-industrial fairs, cultural shows, and the coronation of Miss Bicolandia beauties.
During the traslacion, which passes through the main streets of Naga, the miraculous Ina (mother) of the Bicolanos is borne on the rugged, muscular shoulders of barefooted voyadores who form a human barricade to protect the Virgin from the unruly crowd. Call it absolute coincidence or plain superstition, but any Bicolano will swear to high heavens that the presence of a woman, Filipina or foreigner, aboard the merrily decorated pagoda will surely spell disaster. Whether this belief is true or not, only the Bicolanos know. But past events and experiences support their claim.
The feast of the lady of Peñafrancia takes place on the month of September.
According to locals, a Spanish government official from Peñafrancia, Spain, settled with his family in Cavite in 1712. One day, his daughter fell ill and the family prayed for her recovery to the famous Madonna of Peñafrancia, a picture of whom was in their possession. When the daughter recovered, the father vowed to build a chapel in honor of the Lady of Peñafrancia in Manila. However, since he was being detained in Nueva Caceres, he built the chapel in that city, now known as Naga, instead.
Throngs of devotees flock to the city of Naga to pay homage or seek favor from the image. The image itself is believed to have miraculous powers.
The image of "Ina" is brought to the quadricentennial arch infront of the cathedral where a mass will be held after the Traslacion procession. In this picture, "Ina" has been removed from her palanquin/andas and received by priests to be placed in the quadricentennial arch before the mass.
HISTORY
A Spanish government official from Peñafrancia, Spain, a native of San Martin de Castanar, the Covarrubias family, settled with his family in Cavite in 1712, according to locals. One day, A son, Miguel Robles de Covarrubias, a seminarian studying in the Universidad de Santo Tomas, Manila got very ill. He and his family prayed to Our Iady of Penafrancia whose picture he was clutching to his breast for his recovery and to spare his life. He also made a vow that if cured, he would construct a chapel by the bank of Pasig river in Manila, in gratitude to Her. Miraculously cured, he eventually was ordained a priest not in Manila but in the Ciudad de Nueva Caceres (now known as Naga City) by Bishop Andres Gonzalez. To fulfill his vow, Padre Miguel, the ftrst diocesan priest to be ordained in Naga, did two things: one, he mobilized the natives along the slopes of Mt. Isarog to construct a chapel made of local materials, nipa and bamboo this time by the bank of the Bikol river in Naga, not by the Pasig river as earlier envisioned; two, he ordered a local artisan to carve an image patterned after the picture of Our lady he always had with him. Miracles happened then and there. Among them was the story of a dog killed, its neck slashed in order to take out the poor animal's blood that was used to coat/paint the newly carved image. Dumped into the river, the dead dog began to swim once again alive with hundreds of people witnessing this prodigy. News of many other miracles spread like wildfire so was the devotion to Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia. The letter of Padre Miguel to the Dominican Fathers of Salamanca, Spain in 1712 reported many miracles through the intercession of Our Lady. In the meantime, the devotees grew in number as the devotion spread fast far and wide, even outside the Diocese of Nueva Caceres which before comprised not only the Bikol region but including Tayabas (now Quezon), Marinduque, Laguna up to Palanan, Isabela along the cordillera ranges. Like the biblical "mustard seed" the Penafrancia devotion today is like a "giant tree" whose branches extend to other parts of the world like America, Europe, Australia and Asia. The love story between our lady of Penafrancla we lovingly call "Ina" and us, her children is never ending.
The famous Madonna is said to have miraculous powers. On her feast day, pilgrims gather at her shrine to pay her homage for favors received.