It was Palm Sunday and there was a morning procession of a boy on a donkey through the town: This was the picture
(P05) which started this story. Perhaps I should have posed this one
(P10) instead, but then there would be nothing to complain about, except the impossibility of getting inside the church
(P15). There would be another parade, the parade of the penitents that evening. I wandered to the beach, I looked right
(P20), I looked left
(P25), admittedly it was unusually overcast, but the beach was deserted.
I’m not a photographer and these night shots are not the best, so please excuse the lack of quality.
I returned to the parade route. Some of the participants
(P30) were waiting for it to begin. Then we heard the band
(P35). If you look carefully in that photo you will see the next group
(P40) the penitents following a large cross. The band continues on its way
(P45), as the cross comes into view
(P50). The young girls, who were waiting earlier, fall in behind the cross
(P55).
They are followed by the hooded figures
(P60). Some are carrying crosses of various sizes, and I assume weight.
(P65) They are all hooded so that no one knows who is doing penance carrying a cross. I was told that such secrecy is specified in the bible. (can anyone verify or discount this?). Many of them are barefoot
(P70).
Eventually the statue comes into view
(P75). It was difficult to photograph it in the darkness
(P80). However I was told that during Holy week it would visit the various churches in the area.
(P85) I took this photograph in the Buen Pastor (Good Shepherd). Palm Sunday was something, but it pales compared to events on Good Friday ... ... ...