{"id":241443,"date":"2020-01-05T21:35:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T02:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=241443"},"modified":"2020-01-05T21:35:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T02:35:58","slug":"devotees-of-the-black-nazarene-urged-to-make-traslacion-2020-trash-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/05\/devotees-of-the-black-nazarene-urged-to-make-traslacion-2020-trash-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotees of the Black Nazarene Urged to Make Traslacion 2020 Trash-Free"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Hundreds of thousands of Manila devotees find ways to touch the Black Nazarene believing they are being blessed by such act as the procession reaches Quintin Paredes Street in Binondo, Manila at the 413th Grand Traslacion of the Feast of the Black Nazarene on Wednesday (January 9, 2019). (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3 January 2020, Manila City\/Quezon City.\u00a0 Church and environmental health groups today urged the devotees of the Black Nazarene to turn the upcoming re-enactment of the Traslacion into a trash-free celebration of Christian faith with a specific call to “cut down on plastic waste.”<\/p>\n

Members of the EcoWaste Coalition and Buklod Tao, together with the Formation Ministry and Green Brigade Committee of Quiapo Church, assembled in Plaza Miranda for a prayerful activity to encourage the faithful\u00a0 to work together in preventing trash from again defiling the age-old tradition of commemorating the transfer of the revered image of the dark-skinned Christ carrying the cross from Rizal Park to Quiapo Church.<\/p>\n

The advocacy event for a plastic-free and trash-less Traslacion, which has the full support of Monsignor Hernando Coronel (Rector of Quiapo Church), jibed with the yearly observance of January as Zero Waste Month as per Presidential Proclamation 760.\u00a0 After a short program of messages and prayers, the group went around the Quiapo Church for a mini-procession to drive their message home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here to elevate the issue of waste prevention and reduction as a priority concern in the conduct of the Traslacion.\u00a0 Sadly, we quite often overlook our moral responsibility to be good stewards of our shared environment as the Traslacion is re-enacted,\u201d said Jove Benosa, Zero Waste Campaigner, EcoWaste Coalition..<\/p>\n

\u201cYear after year, mounds of trash sully the Quirino Grandstand Parade Ground, site of the ‘pahalik.’\u00a0 Worst, trash could be seen strewn along the six-kilometer processional route for hundreds of street cleaners to pick up, sweep, shovel and load onto dump trucks. It\u2019s high time for the devotees to take notice of the Cross of Throw-Away Culture that is harming God\u2019s creation, and give up the wastefulness that dishonors and disrespects Christ the Black Nazarene,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n

Monsignor Hernando Coronel for his part said: “We urge the devotees of Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno to cut down on plastic waste and other discards for a cleaner and safer Traslacion. Let us make the protection and preservation of the environment a key part of our responsibility and mission as devotees and followers of Christ.”<\/p>\n

Last year, the \u201cpahalik\u201d at Rizal Park and the procession that lasted for 21 hours generated 47 truckloads of trash equivalent to 160 tons, according to the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA).<\/p>\n

Among the most discarded items were single-use plastic bags, bottles, cups and plates, as well as polystyrene food containers, cigarette butts\u00a0 and bamboo skewers, some of which ended up clogging the storm drains in Quiapo.<\/p>\n

In view of the global effort to stop the flow of plastic waste into the oceans and in response to a call made by Pope Francis \u201cto confront this (plastic) emergency,\u201d the EcoWaste Coalition urged church and local authorities and the devotees themselves to minimize the consumption and disposal of single-use plastics during the Traslacion.<\/p>\n

It will be recalled that Pope Francis told the faithful in his message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation that “we cannot allow our seas and oceans to be littered by endless fields of floating plastic.”<\/p>\n

The group added that a waste-free Traslacion will correspond to the ongoing drive by the city government of Manila led by Mayor Isko Moreno to clean up the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

For a plastic-free and trash-less Traslacion, the EcoWaste Coalition has put forward the following reminders:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 To the devotees: Avoid consuming products in single-use plastics, and dispose of trash properly.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 To vendors: Refrain from selling snacks and drinks in plastic disposables, and be responsible for your discards.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 To food and water givers: Desist from offering water in single-use plastic bags, bottles or cups, and refrain from giving meals in polystyrene or Styrofoam containers.\u00a0 Go for reusable containers.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 To fiesta organizers:\u00a0 Don\u2019t use plastic bags (i.e., \u201cplastic labo\u201d) as banderitas, or street garlands.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 To all fiesta participants: Prevent and reduce all forms of fiesta waste, and never leave rubbish on the road, sidewalk, street corner, park and plant box.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be keeping our fingers crossed that this year\u2019s Traslacion will not turn into another \u2018trash-lacion,\u2019 which will be truly regrettable and deplorable,\u201d said Benosa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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