Círio de Nazaré. Belém, Brazil. (30 images)

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La festa da Fé

Círio is likely the largest catholic gathering in the world.
Belém, state of Parà, North of Brazil, hosts for 200 years this popular religious festivity. Every second Sunday of October, about 2 millions worshippers gather around the statue of the Virgin of Nazareth: a small, miraculous, wooden figure of the Virgin Mary and her son.

The celebration begins at 6am after a solemn Mass in front of the Catedrale da Sè...
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