Holy Week procession

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Procession of Our Lord of the Miracle in Salta city.

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[edit]

Palm Sunday procession in Astorga (Spain)

Local customs[edit]

Argentina[edit]

Colombia[edit]

'The Chained Man' procession in Sartène (Corsica)

Corsica[edit]

Guatemala[edit]

Procession, Antigua, Guatemala

Honduras[edit]

Italy[edit]

Holy Week Procession in Trapani (Italy)
Holy Week procession in Taranto (Italy)

Trapani, Taranto, Chieti, Sulmona,

Malta[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Peru[edit]

Philippines[edit]

Portugal[edit]

Spain[edit]

Paso of Holy Week in Salamanca.
Holy Week procession in Valladolid (Spain)
Holy Week in Zamora
  • 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[edit]

Noted sculptors of Holy Week pasos[edit]

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