UP CLOSE Several devotees risk injury to get close to the image of the Our Lady of Peñafrancia during the 'traslacion' (procession) for the patroness of Bicol in Naga City on Friday. The religious event, one of the biggest in the country, is held in-person for the second year since its resumption in 2022 after a two-year halt due to pandemic restrictions.—MARK ALVIC ESPLANA NAGA CITY—Maria Bical Raynes, 84, a resident of San Vicente village in Libmanan town in Camarines Sur province, some 35 kilometers away, did not mind the scorching heat on Friday when she traveled here to watch thousands of devotees join the traslacion (procession) for the Our Lady of Peñafrancia, the patroness of Bicol whom they fondly call 'Ina' (mother).
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