Holy Week - last week of the Lent; the week before Easter; starts on Palm Sunday; ends Easter Sunday. In the Philippines, which is dominated by Catholics, Holy Week starts on Palm Sunday with a mass which include the blessing of palm leaves. It then goes on to a Monday to Wednesday remembrance of the events that occurred between Jesus' entrance to Jerusalem and the Last Supper. There is also the Maundy Thursday(Last Supper), Good Friday(The Passion of Christ), and Black Saturday(silence and prayer which commemorates the Christ in the tomb). These are the days when most Roman Catholics participate in street processions and plays or street re-enactment of The Passion, but of course to some, it's just a start of a very long weekend since Holy Thursday is the beginning of a 3-day National Holiday. To others, it also means a time to head out-of-town to relax and bond with family since malls are all closed and national TV and radio programmes are suspended for 3 days from Thursday. The procession is one tradition that I never get tired of, I watch it almost every year.
No comments:
Post a Comment