Young and old participate in Holy Week religious processions on Italy’s Procida island
Procida, Italy AP Italy is known for the religious processions that take over towns big and small throughout the year when Catholic feast days are celebrated. But even in a country where public displays of popular piety are a centuries-old tradition, Procida’s Holy Week commemorations stand out. The picturesque island in the Bay of Naples, […]
In Spain, Easter procession events a ‘yearlong’ operation
Elche, Spain AP Spain is getting ready for one of its most revered holiday periods of the year: Easter Week, which means thousands of colorful and noisy religious street processions that draw multitudes onto the streets to watch. The central pieces of the processions are the richly decorated gigantic floats bearing sculptures of Jesus or […]