, as the procession passed in front of the Lima-based Government Palace.
On the occasion, he was joined by First Lady Maribel Diaz and some State Ministers.
The Head of State and his wife offered large white candles to the people who carried the
Lord of Miracles image.
Lima Mayor Jorge Muñoz also paid tribute to the Christ of Pachacamilla.
The event was part of the Purple Christ's second procession for the current month of October.
History
Also known as the Christ of Pachacamilla, the
Lord of Miracles procession constitutes Peru's most heavily attended religious festivity.
The image is a replica of a 17th-century mural of the crucifixion painted on the walls of a hut in the plantation of Pachacamilla (near Lima) by an Angolan slave.
The image became a motive for worship after the wall on which it was painted miraculously survived a destructive earthquake unscathed.
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