{"id":4898,"date":"2022-09-28T05:26:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T03:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2022-09-28T05:26:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T03:26:26","slug":"pilgrimage-of-the-black-christ-of-portobelo-a-route-to-the-traditions-and-history-of-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/2022\/09\/28\/pilgrimage-of-the-black-christ-of-portobelo-a-route-to-the-traditions-and-history-of-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrimage of the Black Christ of Portobelo, a Route to the Traditions and History of Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The procession of the Black Christ in Portobelo,\nattended by thousands of people including Panamanians and visitors from other\ncountries, takes place every October 21 in the streets of this city located off\nthe Caribbean coast of the province of Colon. From October 15, hundreds of devotees begin\ntheir pilgrimage from all parts of the country to worship the Nazarene for the\nmiracles received in their petitions. Wearing purple tunics, some with small\nimages of Christ walk that long path to the San Felipe Churh. Being closer to\nthe Church, many decide to finish their pilgrimage walking on their knees\ndespite the pain, although many say that it is not enough to thank the\nNazarene. A way of offering a sacrifice to Christ for the miracles received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/9521b252-0aac-4382-9d74-271230cf7d2c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4900\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Origins of\nthe Black Christ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The true origins of this\nhighly revered image are actually unknown. According to a legend, the statue\nitself may have been a miracle. In the year 1658, the month of October and\naccording to the story, a black slave was fishing in the city when he saw a large\nobject floating in the water. After dragging the mysteriously wrapped object\nonto dry land, he unwrapped it in full view of several onlookers, revealing the\nfigure of the Black Christ. Many locals felt that the appearance of the statue\nwas a sign that Jesus was with them, which started a great veneration in the\ntown. This veneration was rewarded and verified by the population when a plague\nthat was devastating the area disappeared just when the figure of Christ\narrived in Portobelo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1368\" height=\"1824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Compress_20220927_001041_1844.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4901\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The statue was placed in the San Felipe Church, where\nit has remained ever since. To honor the miraculous actions of the Black\nChrist, a procession has been held every October 21 for several years now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The procession of the Black Christ in Portobelo, attended by thousands of people including Panamanians and visitors from other countries, takes place every October 21 in the streets of this city located off the Caribbean coast of the province of Colon. From October 15, hundreds of devotees begin their pilgrimage from all parts of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4902,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions\/4902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}