Bicol's Penafrancia Festival draws 450K devotees
RIVER PROCESSION.Brig. Gen. Rudolph Dimas (right), director of the Police Regional Office 5, leads the police personnel deployed in Naga City to ensure public safety during the Penafrancia Festivalfluvial procession on Saturday (Sept. 17, 2022). The festivity is considered the biggest religious event in Bicol and is celebrated yearly to honor the feast day of Our Lady of Penafrancia, patroness of the region.(Photo courtesy of PRO-5) LEGAZPI CITY- The more than one-week Penafrancia Festival celebration in Naga City, Camarines Sur was generally peaceful and successful, with the solemnity of the ...
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