Thursday-Friday March
28-29/13 update #406
I didn’t do enough on Thursday to write about at all. I relaxed and caught my breath.
Friday however we were out the door early to try to catch
the Good Friday processions in El
Centro . Bus
service is extremely limited on holidays so I had quite a wait at both
ends. I was headed for Santo
Domingo but saw a group gathering earlier at San Francisco church so I caught the
beginning of this procession of the Way Of The Cross.
Then I made it to Santo
Domingo in time for their 9:30 start and caught the
many statues involved in this procession.
I love the brightly colored robes that the statue-bearers wear and love
their ingenuity in designing the platforms to hold the statues. The bars just slide through holes in the
platform and, depending on the weight of the statue, usually 6-10 people carry
it the whole way. Then they have a
person at each corner bringing a bracing bar to set under the corner bars
during stoppages to give the bearers a rest.
The folks playing the Roman soldiers try to be convincing
with their whips and when kicking the poor sod playing Jesus. I took one video at the beginning of the San Francisco procession then a second one of the Santo Domingo procession
as it passed Parque Calderon. The second
one is shot from the fourth floor of the building across from the gazebo.
I was in the fourth floor at the apartment of Vivian Slade
and Todd Burr collecting 3 Gift Certificates for the Hearts Of Gold
auction. Boy! Do they have a cat’s meow view of the central
square!!! Thank you to Todd, Vivian,
Johanna and Sophie for your kindness.
The view from the fourth floor is spectacular, especially of
Immaculate Conception and Parque Calderon.
Around the corner of the cathedral Carlos, the harp player, was
performing right next to many booths selling some gorgeous arts and crafts.
I then hurried home to get a start on the many photos to
process, some of which I spent hours on, (and that is why this blog didn’t get
completed until Saturday).
We had company in the evening for Chinese food deliciously
prepared by Bella, followed by yummy cinnamon buns while we played stick rummy.
That was today’s excitement. Hugs to all.
Please see all new photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/
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