Viva la Virgin! A spectacular water procession along the river in Naga City, Philippines, carries a statue of the Blessed Virgin of Peñafrancia on a decorated flatboat. Along the river banks hundreds and thousands of devotees shouting “Viva la Virgin” watch as the Virgin is carried to her Basilica along the Bicol River from the Metropolitan Cathedral where she has been resting for the last 9 days. More on the Penafrancia Fiesta by Somewhere in the world today… Picture: Fluvial Procession for the Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia by HM King Raymond, on Flickr

Viva la Virgin!

A spectacular water procession along the river in Naga City, Philippines, carries a statue of the Blessed Virgin of Peñafrancia on a decorated flatboat. Along the river banks hundreds and thousands of devotees shouting “Viva la Virgin” watch as the Virgin is carried to her Basilica along the Bicol River from the Metropolitan Cathedral where she has been resting for the last 9 days.

More on the Penafrancia Fiesta by Somewhere in the world today…

Picture: Fluvial Procession for the Nuestra Senora de Penafrancia by HM King Raymond, on Flickr

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