On the
second Sunday in October, Pará celebrates the largest and greatest religious
event in Brazil. The procession of the Círio of Nazaré. History goes that the
popular Círio tradition started when a farmer and lumberman called Plácido José
de Souza found an image of the Saint at the margin of the Murucutu creek, where
the Basilica of Nazaré stands today. The humble man, then, decided to take the
image home. However, the image would mysteriously go back to the place where it
was initially found every time he took it home. So Plácido decided to build, at
the margin of the creek, a small chapel. This episode was reported throughout
the region as miraculous, attracting hundreds of believers to see the image and
pay homage to it.
Visit Brazil with a Brazilian Friend
photos Alberto Sabino
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