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Religion - Círio de Nazaré in Brazil

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  • Faith pushes to the limit. During the pilgrimage the believers fight to keep their hands on the 350 m long rope. More than 5000 hands are attached.  Promises are pricey: 9 hours and 20 minutes to walk the 5 km.
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  • 7am: the day before the big Sunday gathering, drivers carry the image of the saint. It is called the traffic procession - times have changed.
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  • Handicapped people take their turn in the procession. Nothing stops them as they believe in the healing powers of the Saint.
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  • Wax leg prostheses or wax images of children are sold to pilgrims. They use them to serve as a symbol of what they are asking from the Saint. <br />
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  • Almost two million people get together in the Lady of Nazareth's procession. It is the biggest catholic gathering  in South America.
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  • Belem do Para's bishop holds the 28 cm high saint: it is the Lady of Nazareth, worshipped by two million people in this procession on each second Sunday of October. It has been this way for 212 years.
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  • Faith pushes to the limit. During the pilgrimage the believers fight to keep their hands on the 350 m long rope. More than 5000 hands are attached.  Promises are pricey: 9 hours and 20 minutes to walk the 5 km.
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  • The miniature replica of a house means this woman made a promise to have a new home. You can also see people carrying limb prostheses, puppet babies, miniature fishing boats...
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  • A man on his knees fulfills his promise to the Saint. Many people come to the procession to pay devotion to the Lady of Nazareth in the form of painful acts.
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  • Barefoot, a young man walks the procession's 5 km across the city of Belem do Para. The cross is made out of massive wood.
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  • The miniature replica of a house means this woman made a promise to have a new home. You can also see people carrying limb prostheses, puppet babies, miniature fishing boats...
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  • Faith pushes to the limit. During the pilgrimage the believers fight to keep their hands on the 350 m long rope. More than 5000 hands are attached.  Promises are pricey: 9 hours and 20 minutes to walk the 5 km.
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  • When pilgrims fail to keep their promise - depleted of strength, worn down by religious trance - they have to come back next year. Again and again, until the promise is fulfilled.
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  • Dressed like angels only as they can be the children are led to the procession.
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  • Mothers dress their kids like angels for they believe this will  protect them from Evil and diseases.
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  • Almost two million people get together in the Lady of Nazareth's procession. It is the biggest catholic gathering  in South America.
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  • The night before the big Sunday gathering, students (mostly) get together and have their own procession.
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