(17 Apr 2025)
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Caracas, Venezuela – 16 April 2025
1. Priest leading a religious procession at the Basilica Santa Teresa
2. Mid shot of men in purple shirts carrying a flower-adorned wooden-carving of Jesus carrying the cross known as the Nazarene
3. Wide shot of crowded church procession with participants carrying Nazarene
4. Various of Nazarene figure
5. Priest Dani Xavier Peña spekaing with a journalist
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Dani Xavier Peña, priest:
"Beyond the artistic carving and beauty of this image, it represents the spiritual life and the sufferings of all of us. For that cross he carries is also our cross. Each of us carries a cross, and seeing him there is also teaching us to carry a cross, which are our sins, sufferings, difficult circumstances, because in it we die. But we do not stay there, instead we resurrect. We rise with him on Holy Saturday of the Easter Vigil."
7. Crowd at mass
10. Man holding a religious figurine of the Nazarene caravan event
11. Various of bare-footed man dressed in blue robe carrying a cross
12. Nazarene figure being carried out out of mass to begin the procession
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13. Various of crowd following NAzarene caravan
15. Mid shot of a woman wrapped in a Venezuelan flag capturing the Nazarene caravan event on her phone.
16. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Margarita Guarapana, devotee:
"I am sixty years old, paying promises, I ask for my children and my health, for the country, for all the sick people."
17. Various of Nazarene
STORYLINE:
Thousands of devotees on Wednesday attended the traditional procession of the Nazarene of St. Paul, which departs from the Basilica Santa Teresa in Caracas, Venezuela.
An image of Jesus carrying a cross adorned with weaved flowers is carried on shoulders by a select few, wearing bright purple clothing.
Those attending the rite intend to fulfill their promises when praying or to thank God for favors granted.
Dressed in purple robes, many walked barefoot as a sign of penance, accompanying the life-sized statue of Jesus bearing the cross through the streets of downtown Caracas surrounding the Basilica of St. Teresa.
The procession, which dates back to the 17th century, is one of the most significant religious events in the country.
AP Video shot by Juan Arraez
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