FEAST OF SANTO NINO 2011

GIVE ME FIVE. A boy seems to be asking for a "high five" from a statue of the Sto. Nino, one of the several brought by devotees to the Sto. Nino Church in Tondo, Manila, on the feast day of the Child Jesus. PHOTO BY RICHARD REYES

SHOWER. A Catholic seminarian blesses the statue of Child Jesus during the Feast of Sto. Nino at Sto. Nino Church in Tondo, Manila. PHOTO BY RICHARD REYES

BLESSING RITE. Catholic devotees raise their images of the Child Jesus to have them blessed during the commemoration of the Feast of Sto. Niño in Tondo, Manila. PHOTO BY RICHARD REYES