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Palm Sunday procession of Trique people in Santo Domingo, Oaxaca. Holy Week in Mexico is an important religious observance as well as important vacation period. It is preceded by several observances such as Lent and Carnival, as well as an observance of a day dedicated to the Virgin of the Sorrows, as well as a Mass marking the abandonment of Jesus by the disciples.
In 2009 a cultural festival called the Festival Cultural Pasión por Iztapalapa was created to run alongside the religious event. [3] In the same year, two monumental sawdust carpets were created related to the event for a photographic exhibition on the plaza in front of borough hall. [ 12 ]
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April 25 – Mexico's government declares a state of emergency to combat the outbreak of swine influenza. [8] April 27 – 2009 Guerrero earthquake: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. [9] May 16 – The Gulf drug cartel liberates 59 inmates from a prison in Zacatecas, Mexico. [10]
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
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The conquistadors brought the old medieval practice of painful and bloody self-penitence to Mexico from Spain about 500 years ago. Since this concept was very similar to Aztec blood rituals, this practice was easily adopted. Despite efforts by authorities in most parts of Mexico to suppress this tradition, it still reappears.