This is how he is perceived in some parts of Panama, where this statue resides. While people visit the statue year-round, they really celebrate it on October 21 when as many as 60,000 pilgrims and beyond travel for a festival, in which 80 men with shaved heads carry the black Christ statue on a large float through the streets of the city.
The men use a common Spanish style for solemn parades – three steps forward and two steps backward – as they move through the city streets. The night continues with music, drinking and dancing.
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