A street dancer performs during the annual Grand Santo Nino Procession in Manila yesterday. The annual Grand Santo Nino procession features almost 300 floats flown in from various parts of the country. The Philippines is Asia’s bastion of Catholicism and the event is one among dozens of religious festivals honouring various saints and religious icons, a legacy of three centuries of Spanish rule across the archipelago.
January 27, 2013 | 11:00 PM