To all, Happy (belated) Easter!
My parents would be proud to hear that I attended church ceremonies about 4 times this past week. According to my calculations, I have experienced enough religious ceremonies in the past week to meet the quota for attending church for the next two years.
As a Catholic country, Costa Rica celebrates Semana Santa with a passion! Schools were closed the entire week and all businesses closed from Wednesday to Sunday. The Life, Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ are not only celebrated; they are reenacted over the week.
The Civil War reenactments are put to shame by this town’s reenactment of Jesus’ crucifixion.
I’ll avoid giving an itinerary of events. But just a taste of La Semana Santa:
Friday’s theme was El Camino de Jesus y La Crucifixion. At 9 am, a procession started in Jerico (2 hours away from San Juan Norte). Members of the local church carried statues of Jesus and one of his Disciples From Jerico, the procession stopped in every town and carried out the activities of Jesus. Here are some pictures pictures of the stopover near my house (it’s also where Mary and another Disciple joins the Walk).
The procession approaching my house
Closer look. Image of the Alter Boys (and girls) with the Priest
Mary waiting for Jesus (Jesus was also a statue)
More alter boys
Mary Magdalena
I forget his name…but its the guy that helped Jesus carry the cross
A disciple
You know the rest of the story.
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