Procession of the Mysteries
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April 29, 2014
April 29, 2014
Procession of the Mysteries
Photograph by Willem Kuijpers, National Geographic Your Shot
Your Shot member Willem Kuijpers
captured this shot during the 24-hour I Misteri procession in Trapani,
Sicily, during which the stations of the cross are carried through the
city on the Friday and Saturday of Holy Week. "I came across this
situation on the morning of Easter Saturday," Kujipers says. "The
participants were getting very tired and I had to wait a lot because of
the slow movement of the procession. The heavy stations are carried by
the guilds of the city, each accompanied by a music group playing
funeral music and a group of women and children."Kujipers has been attending such processions in Sicily since 2002.
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