Centuries-old Catholic procession in Brazil sparks controversy with KKK comparison
São Paulo, Brazil A centuries-old Catholic procession organised on Holy Thursday in the Brazilian city of Goiás sparked controversy this year after some social media users compared it with a Ku Klux Klan parade. The attacks on the Procession of the Torches received an indignant response from participants, who emphasise that the event is much […]
In pictures: Brazil procession celebrates the Holy Spirit
Pirenopolis, Brazil AP Over the course of nine days, a religious procession known as the Folia of the Divine Holy Spirit brings messages of faith and song to farms and villages across the countryside of Brazil’s Goias state. Mounted revellers parade in the culmination of the religious tradition, “Folia do Divino Espirito Santo” or Feast […]