Thousands showed up at the Dinagyang 2010 Fluvial Procession

Thousands of devotees joined the annual Santo Nino Fluvial Procession in Iloilo cit Philippines. This activity is part of the annual celebrations of the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo.

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Usually, the pilgrim image of Senor Santo Nino is brought to Iloilo City from Cebu. a day later the fluvial procession is held along the Iloilo River.

This year, the image of the Santo Nino was brought out from the San Jose Parish then transferred to a pumpboat which traversed the river from the Fort San Pedro Area leading to the Customs house where the image was met by a large number of people. Some Dinagyang ati warriors were there too, in full costumes.

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<p>A lot of people were in front of the Customs House (Aduana) waited for the image of the Santo Nino to arrive. Young and old, men and women carry images of Santo Nino as part of their devotion. The drummers of various tribes were there too to provide the festive welcome beat.</p>
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The fluvial procession then headed towards the provincial capitol area before going back to the San Jose Parish for a Holy Mass.

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