EXHIBIT MARKS STO. NINO FIESTA
Manila, Jan. 14, 1998 - A rare exhibit of more than 300 Sto. Nino images from all over the country will open the Fiesta del Sto. Nino on January 1 at the Philippine National Bank Financial Center on Roxas Boulevard.
A highlight of the Sto. Nino Fiesta is the donation of a replica of the Sto. Nino de Praga by the Compagnie de Reglement International de Sinistres of Czechoslovakia. The Philippines is only the second recipient of such an image after Spain.
The Fiesta del Sto. Nino marks the culmination of annual nationwide religious festivities in honor of the Child Jesus.
Nolie Hans, president of the Congregacion del Santissimo Nombre del Nino Jesus, exhorts participants to register their images for the exhibit at the Pope Pius Center, UN Avenue, Ermita, on or before Jan. 14.
A procession along Roxas Boulevard on the last Sunday of January with dozens of Ati-Atihan bands and hundreds of Sto. Nino images will end the festitivites.
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