Overview

• The Círio Fluvial crossed the Baía do Guajará with the Navy’s ship Garnier Sampaio carrying the image, drawing about 50,000 people and more than 400 vessels, ahead of the main Sunday procession.
• The longest Círio road traslado covered roughly 52.3 km through Belém, Ananindeua and Marituba with a PRF escort; the PRF projects over 1.5 million people along the road segments across Friday and Saturday.
• Organizers plan 14 official processions this year and expect at least 2 million faithful for Sunday’s principal Círio route in Belém, following the nighttime Trasladação.
• In Aparecida, São Paulo’s tourism intelligence unit estimates 450,000 visitors through October 12 with R$ 168.8 million in direct economic activity, as tens of thousands of pilgrims travel by the Via Dutra and the Rota da Luz.
• Concessionaire RioSP reports more than 36,000 pilgrims assisted at 23 Romaria Segura tents on the Dutra and says its 134‑km exclusive walkway proposal received ANTT priority, with works possibly beginning in 2026 pending approvals.