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Brazil’s Círio de Nazaré Reaches Peak as Aparecida Pilgrim Surge Builds

Authorities have deployed multi‑agency operations to manage peak pilgrimages in Belém alongside Aparecida.

Overview

  • Event organizers expect about 2 million faithful in Belém’s main Sunday procession after days of multi‑modal rites on road, river and at night.
  • Friday’s 52.3 km rodoviária traslado crossed Belém, Ananindeua and Marituba with the pilgrim image escorted in a Polícia Rodoviária Federal vehicle.
  • Saturday’s Romaria Fluvial, organized by the Brazilian Navy, drew an estimated 50,000 people and more than 400 vessels on the Baía do Guajará.
  • The Traslado dos Carros featured the unveiling of a 37‑metre illuminated image of Nossa Senhora de Nazaré, with the DFN estimating about 50,000 attendees.
  • In São Paulo, officials project roughly 450,000 visitors to Aparecida through Oct. 12, as PRF counts logged at least 12,000 walkers on Via Dutra by midday Friday and concessionaire tents reported over 36,000 assists by Saturday.