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Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandad". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ , or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.
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 ...
The procession of the Most Holy Christ Resurrected and Mary Most Holy Queen of the Heavens is the last procession of Holy Week. This procession is organized by the Group of Confraternities and in it all the brotherhoods attend. [40] [41] The floats depict the meeting of Jesus and his Mother after He had been raised from the dead. Their presence ...
The modern event has its origins in the traditions of processions during Holy Week established in New Spain early in the colonial period, which included the hiding of the faces of participants. [4] The first procession of silence was instituted by the Carmelites in Mexico City. [9] However, this particular procession was officially established ...
From 21 February to 3 April 2003 the National Museum of Colombia presented in its temporary exhibition hall and alternates hall, an exhibition called "Holy Week in Popayán. The procession goes inside" made up of floats, gold and silver ornaments, pictures, litter and textiles, becoming the first out processions outside Popayan [3]
Holy Week in Spain is the annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods (Spanish: confradías) and confraternities that perform penitential processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during Holy Week–the final week of Lent before Easter.
The reestablishment of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in 1877 and the reconstruction of the Cathedral in 1913 mark a resurgence in the life of the city's brotherhoods, whose role was fundamental in shaping Holy Week as it is celebrated today. with the creation of the Magna Procession in 1927, the Early Morning Procession in 1933 or ...
Inside and outside the church, the penitentes continue the penance they started earlier in the week. After the crucifixion, the statue is taken for its “sacred interment” which is a very solemn procession through the streets. That night, hundreds move through the streets carrying candles. [2]