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Roman Catholic pilgrims pray during the annual Cirio de Nazare ...
Oct 9th, 2011
(Reuters) - Roman Catholic pilgrims pray during the annual Cirio de Nazare procession, in the city of Belem, at the mouth of the Amazon River October 9, 2011. More than one million Catholics, many of them from communities along the Amazon River's tributaries, converged on Our Lady of Nazareth basilica to participate in the event, the country's biggest religious festival. REUTERS/Paulo Santos (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) -
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