Manila Mayor Isko Moreno apologized to public and the devotees of Black Nazarene because it is possible that there will be no Traslacion in the coming years as long as there is a pandemic.

According to the Mayor, “”There is no harm in having none for a year or two. Because there still a hundred years, 50 years, 20 years, ten years, five years… to continue to practice yung pamana, yung kustumbre at yung pamamanata.”

Millions of Filipino devotees come to Quiapo every January 9 for the Traslacion or procession of the Black Nazarene. According to Fr. Douglas Badong, “Sa ngayon po ay talagang naguusap-usap na kami ng proposal sa procession committee na idudulog namin sa IATF. Kung papayagan ng IATF na following all the protocols, ‘yun ang gagawin namin. Pero nakaset na rin naman kami na posibleng wala talagang Luneta event ngayon at wala ‘yung usual na ginagawa natin.”

He added, “Sana maging bukas ang mga deboto sa pagbabagong ito. Ngayon lang naman itong may pandemic.”

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