Cuenca, Ecuador
March 30th 2013 Saturday, March 30, 2013
About 80% of Ecuadoreans are Catholic, and Thursday was El Jueves Santo (Holy Thursday), a widely celebrated holiday here in Cuenca. There were crowds of people and vendors around all day, but things really picked up at night. Cuencanos have a custom in which they visit seven churches on this night, saying prayers and lighting candles at each one. It is a time for le
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