I wanted to share with you all some of my experiences from Holy Week. The pictures below are all of Good Friday and I will let the pictures and their captions explain. (There are also 2 videos in another post of the processions). On Holy Saturday, I went to the vigil mass. The congregation gathered about 1/4 mile away from Church where the Easter candle was lit and then where all the candles of the congregation were lit. We then processed to Church for mass. The mass was just like any Easter vigil mass I had been to back at home, but afterward unlike at home, we had another procession at midnight. We paraded through the streets celebrating the resurrection of Jesus with a marching band, generator for lights, and of course fire crackers and the loud exploding fireworks. I told Padre Victor that had he been in the US doing this, he just would possibly end up with a nice fine and maybe even would pay a visit to a jail cell.
Here is where Holy Communion was kept after it was taken out of Church after the Holy Thursday Mass
The start of the procession leaving from the Church
Here is the first Station of the Cross. As we processed up the mountain, we stopped at each one. The families along the way were in charge of setting them all up as well as the decoration in the street. The flower petal decorations on the street were just a warming up as to what would be coming up in the path.
Along the path of the procession, besides having the 14 stations, people made religious works of art out of sawdust, dye, and flowers. It was amazing the work that was put into them only for the works to be gone at the end of the day.
More "sawdust rugs" below and above
Here you can see the procession stopping at another station higher up in the mountain. As you can see, the procession includes a very heavy wooden platform which holds Jesus carrying a cross as well as speakers and a generator. Behind this platform are the band and two other platforms holding Mary and the patron of the city, San Raymundo. In the background you can see the dormant volcano Alzatate
Another station of the Cross.
After finishing the procession, we ended up about 200 or so meters up from the city on a high overlook next to a corn field. Here is where we could have the Good Friday mass.
As you can see, on the ground are more sawdust, and pine needles. Pine needles, as I have said, are used for special occasions as a sign of celebration.
Mass
Along the path of the procession, besides having the 14 stations, people made religious works of art out of sawdust, dye, and flowers. It was amazing the work that was put into them only for the works to be gone at the end of the day.
More "sawdust rugs" below and above
Here you can see the procession stopping at another station higher up in the mountain. As you can see, the procession includes a very heavy wooden platform which holds Jesus carrying a cross as well as speakers and a generator. Behind this platform are the band and two other platforms holding Mary and the patron of the city, San Raymundo. In the background you can see the dormant volcano Alzatate
Another station of the Cross.
After finishing the procession, we ended up about 200 or so meters up from the city on a high overlook next to a corn field. Here is where we could have the Good Friday mass.
As you can see, on the ground are more sawdust, and pine needles. Pine needles, as I have said, are used for special occasions as a sign of celebration.
Mass
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