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Published: April 12th 2012
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Jesus Cristo carrying his cross
Men carried huge crossed like this one and larger throughout the old town of Quito. Good Friday celebrations in Quito are world famous and I was dead set to discover what the fuss was all about. Picture what the Klu Klux Klan wears, including the face coverings, now make that purple. This is what hundreds and I mean hundreds and hundreds of men and women donned on a sunny Quito day. I didn’t have a watch, but I’d guess that the procession lasted about two hours. Between walking up and down to the Bascillica and standing for two hours I was exhausted, but who can complain with these people dragging GIANT crosses and dressed in dark clothing from head to toe in the heat?
Check out the attached photos… hopefully I’ve managed to capture the magnitude of the event (and the crosses) better than my short description above.
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