Holy Week procession

A Holy Week procession is a public ritual march of clergy and penitents which takes place during Holy Week in Christian countries, especially those with a Catholic culture. Various images of the saints, especially the Virgin Mary, and most importantly the image of the crucified Christ are carried aloft by foot on shoulder-borne pasos (or on wheeled carrozas in the Philippines) as an act of penance; acts of mortification are carried out; traditional Christian hymns and chants are sung (except during the silent processions of Good Friday). In many confraternities of penitents, the faces of the members are covered by elaborate hoods, such as the capirote, as a way of hiding one's identity in order to not ostentatiously draw attention to oneself while performing penance. Crosses, and biers holding Catholic holy images surrounded with flowers and offerings of candles, are carried usually from one parish church to another led by the clergy, monastic orders, or heads of the penitential orders.^[1]

Holy Week processions

• Palm Sunday: The day when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem.
• Holy Thursday: The day when Jesus shared the Last Supper with His Apostles, followed by the beginning of his Passion.
• Good Friday: Jesus' crucifixion, performed in 14 stations.
• Holy Saturday: Loneliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the day that Jesus Christ's body lay in the tomb.
• Easter Sunday: The resurrection of the Christ.

Local customs

Argentina

• La Boca, Buenos Aires, Salta, Cordoba, Mendoza, Neuquén

Colombia

• Popayán,^[2] Santa Cruz de Mompox

Corsica

• Calvi, Sartène (See Catenacciu )

Guatemala

Honduras

• Comayagua, Tegucigalpa

Italy

Trapani, Taranto, Chieti, Sulmona,

Malta

• Citadel (Gozo)
• Cospicua
• Għargħur
• Għaxaq
• Luqa
• Mosta
• Nadur
• Naxxar
• Paola
• Qormi
• Rabat
• Valletta
• Victoria (Gozo)
• Vittoriosa
• Xagħra (Gozo)
• Xewkija (Gozo)
• Żebbuġ
• Żebbuġ, Gozo
• Żejtun

Mexico

Peru

• Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cusco, Huaraz, Tarma^[3]

Philippines

Portugal

Spain

• Cuenca, declared of International Tourism Interest
• Zaragoza, declared of international tourism interest
• Jerez de la Frontera, declared of National Tourism Interest
• Granada, declared of international tourism interest^[4]
• Málaga^[5] declared of international tourism interest
• Seville,^[6] declared of international tourism interest
• León, declared of international tourism interest [1] Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Salamanca, declared of international tourism interest
• Valladolid, declared of international tourism interest
• Zamora, declared of international tourism interest
• Hellin, declared of international tourism interest
• Toledo, declared of international tourism interest
• Murcia, declared of national tourism interest, the typical with Francisco Salzillo images.
• Cartagena, declared of international tourism interest
• Lorca, declared of international tourism interest
• Ferrol, declared of international tourism interest in 2014 [2]

Venezuela

• Caracas, Maracaibo, Barquisimeto, Maturín

Noted sculptors of Holy Week pasos

• Pedro Berruguete^{[citation needed]}
• Gil de Siloé
• Juan de Juni
• Francisco Salzillo
• Juan de Mesa
• Gregorio Fernández

See also

• Triduum

References

External links

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