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Published: April 10th 2012
El Domingo de Ramos
This is Palm Sunday at Santo Domingo. It was so crowded that I had to stand up front near the altar because there were no seats. It is a very large church.Hi All,
Today is the conclusion of Semana Santa (Holy Week). It began on El Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) and ended with Pascua (Easter). The highlights were Jueves Santa (Holy Thursday) and Viernes Santa (Good Friday). I went to Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday masses. I did not get to participate in Holy Thursday where they visit seven churches because I was in class. I did get to walk in the "Procesion de Silencio (The Procession in Silence which began at 1800. On fridays I get out of class at 1300 so I got a chance to go home and rest and then go to the church to make the walk.
The visualizer on my camera is broken but I attempted to take pictures and videos and to my surprise they came out. I have mostly videos. I did go to Sams today to get a new camera. I have been itching to go to see how Sams is in Oaxaca...same store, different language and a lot of regional products. My next adventure is to take a taxi to Walmart...much too far to walk and I'm not certain enough about the buses.
I found that this website
Las Turisticos y Locales
This is the crowd waiting outside of Santo Domingo for the "Procesion de Silencio" to begin. It was about a 2 - 4 mile route and there were crowds all along the way in the streets, in windows and on rooftops. does not support videos so I am just going to send the 3 photos that I have of Semana Santa and then I am going to attempt to use YouTube or another 3rd party in order to upload the videos. They show the people moving and talking.
This is truly a learning experience!
It appears that I have uploaded 3 videos but don't be surprised at what you see or don't see. It would not allow me to upload the Palm Sunday Video but it appears that the Viernes Santa videos uploaded...surprise.
Enjoy!
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Marcelino Leal
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Que gusto!!!
..ver -a través de las fotos y videos que gentilmente nos envias- parte de mi México que tanto quiero y extraño. Me da "harto" gusto saber que lo estás disfrutando. Gracias una vez mas por compartir. Un abrazo. Marcelino