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Last year, Christians around the world celebrated Holy Week and Easter, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ—his return to Jerusalem, his crucifixion, and his resurrection. Families attended church services, hooded penitents took part in processions, and children hunted for Easter eggs. In Catholic passion plays, participants depicted Jesus' trial and death. Other local rituals drew heavily on earlier pre-Christian traditions. Collected here are images from several Holy Week and Easter activities 2016
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A penitent cries after the governing body of the “Estudiantes” brotherhood decided that penance could not be carried out in the streets due to rain on Palm Sunday in Oviedo, Spain, on March 20, 2016.  Penitents wearing masks, known locally as “Morions” take a selfie during the start of Holy Week celebrations in Mogpog, Marinduque, in central Philippines on March 21, 2016. A hooded penitent from the “Las siete palabras” brotherhood, wearing gloves, pours hot wax on his hand as taking part in a traditional annual procession in Seville, Spain, on March 23, 2016. People watch as a traditional Easter fire burns in Lemwerder, Germany, on March 26, 2016. |
Penitents of the “Cristo de las Injurias” brotherhood take part in the
Procesion del Silencio, or Silence Procession, during Holy Week in
Zamora, Spain, on March 23, 2016.
More than 50 people, young and old, celebrate Easter by crossing the
tidal causeway during the annual Christian pilgrimage on March 25, 2016,
in Berwick Upon Tweed, England. Every year people of all ages, from all
over the world and from all realms of Christian life walk together at
Easter to Holy Island.
Mexicans set fire to an effigy with the head of U.S. Republican
presidential candidate Donald Trump on March 26, 2016, in Mexico City
during Holy Week celebrations. For many years Mexicans have made
cardboard figures representing all forms of evil, which are then torched
commemorating the “Burning of Judas,” a tradition in which Mexicans
torch effigies of the devil, politicians, and others they dislike on the
eve of Easter Sunday.
David, 6, a penitent boy of the San Bernardo brotherhood, before taking
part in a procession during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of
Seville, Spain, on March 23, 2016.
In this picture taken on Sunday, March 13, 2016, a young man spins a
flaming old car tire on a metal chain, during a celebration marking the
upcoming Clean Monday, the first day of Great Lent in the Eastern
Orthodox Christian church calendar, on the hills surrounding the village
of Poplaca, Sibiu County, in the central Romanian Transylvania region.
Romanian villagers set light to piles of used tires and lit fires in the
Transylvanian hills in a ritual that marks the beginning of Orthodox
Lent before Easter.
A masked Filipino penitent lies face down on a road while praying after
performing self-flagellation, a form of bodily penance to atone for
one’s sins, on Maundy Thursday in Mandaluyong, Manila, on March 24,
2016.
Thorny boughs are carried during a procession, a part of Holy Week
celebrations, in Taxco, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, on March 24,
2016.
Men throw water on a woman as part of traditional Easter celebrations in Szenna, Hungary, on March 28, 2016.
A priest stands in the church building in Kibera as members of the Legio
Maria African Mission church make a procession marking Good Friday in
Nairobi, Kenya, on March 25, 2016. Legio Maria is an African-initiated
church and new religious movement among particularly the Luo people of
western Kenya, initiated by repeated appearances of a mystic woman to
several Roman Catholic members delivering messages about the incarnation
of the son of God as a black man.
A performer from the Paso Blanco, or White Group, poses for a portrait
as he prepares his demon makeup before the Holy Friday biblical parade
on March 25, 2016 in Lorca, in Murcia Province, Spain. Lorca's parades
recreate biblical scenes. They are well known for their horse-chariot
races and their handmade embroidered cloaks.
Penitents of the “El Cachorro” brotherhood join their church to parade during the Easter procession in Sevilla on
March 25, 2016.
A woman takes part in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City on
March 27, 2016.
Iraqi Christians pray during Easter Mass at Baghdad's Christian Union Evangelical Church, in Iraq on
March, 27, 2016.
Actors perform the Passion of Jesus Christ during Good Friday's
procession at the Cancun resort, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, on March
25, 2016.
Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square, during the Easter mass celebrated by Pope Francis at the Vatican, on
March 27, 2016.
A woman wearing a traditional “Mantilla” coverchief stands during the
Gitanos, or The Gypsy, brotherhood procession on March 20, 2016 in
Ronda, Spain, during Holy Week.
Residents carry an idol of Virgin Mary to the church in a pedicab in
preparation for the Good Friday procession during Holy Week celebration
in Gasan, Marinduque in central Philippines, on March 25, 2016.
An elderly woman takes part in the Palm Sunday celebrations, which marks
the beginning of the Holy Week in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on March 20,
2016.
Penitents carry a statue of Jesus Christ during a “Jesus del gran poder”
procession in the colonial city of Granada, Nicaragua, on March 22,
2016.
Willy Salvador, 59, is nailed to a cross as part of his penitence during
a reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ for Good Friday
celebrations ahead of Easter in the village of San Juan, Pampanga, north
of Manila, on
March 25, 2016.
Penitents crawl on the ground with their limbs bound by chains as they
take part in a Good Friday ritual in Pasay, metro Manila, Philippines,
on March 25, 2016.
A penitent sweats through his hood during a Good Friday procession in Lima, Peru, on March 26, 2016.
Catholics hold colored tape tied to a statue of Jesus Nazareno in a
procession known as “Jesus Nazareno of the tapes” during Holy Week in
Cot de Cartago, Costa Rica, on March 23, 2016. People tie ribbons to the
statue to symbolize promises they make to Jesus.
A penitent locally called “Morion” parades during the start of Holy Week
celebrations in Mogpog, Marinduque, in central Philippines, on March
21, 2016.
Belarussian Catholics carry a wooden cross as they take part in a
procession celebrating Palm Sunday in the town of Oshmiany, Belarus, on
March 20, 2016.
An actor playing the role of Jesus reenacts the Passion of Christ on a hill above La Paz, Bolivia, on March 25, 2016.
Penitents on their knees carry the “Christ tied to the column” during
the Holy Week procession in Alcala de Henares near Madrid on March 22,
2016.
An Indian Christian girl watches another praying during Easter mass at a church in Gauhati, India, on
March 27, 2016.
Lana Turner wears a bonnet during the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival
along 5th Avenue March 27, 2016 in New York City. The parade is a New
York tradition dating back to the mid-1800s when the social elite would
parade their new fashions down Fifth Avenue after attending Easter
services in one of the Fifth Avenue churches.
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Penitents of the “Cristo de las Injurias” brotherhood take part in the Procesion del Silencio, or Silence Procession, during Holy Week in Zamora, Spain, on March 23, 2016.
More than 50 people, young and old, celebrate Easter by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Christian pilgrimage on March 25, 2016, in Berwick Upon Tweed, England. Every year people of all ages, from all over the world and from all realms of Christian life walk together at Easter to Holy Island.
Mexicans set fire to an effigy with the head of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on March 26, 2016, in Mexico City during Holy Week celebrations. For many years Mexicans have made cardboard figures representing all forms of evil, which are then torched commemorating the “Burning of Judas,” a tradition in which Mexicans torch effigies of the devil, politicians, and others they dislike on the eve of Easter Sunday.
David, 6, a penitent boy of the San Bernardo brotherhood, before taking part in a procession during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain, on March 23, 2016.
In this picture taken on Sunday, March 13, 2016, a young man spins a flaming old car tire on a metal chain, during a celebration marking the upcoming Clean Monday, the first day of Great Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Christian church calendar, on the hills surrounding the village of Poplaca, Sibiu County, in the central Romanian Transylvania region. Romanian villagers set light to piles of used tires and lit fires in the Transylvanian hills in a ritual that marks the beginning of Orthodox Lent before Easter.
A masked Filipino penitent lies face down on a road while praying after performing self-flagellation, a form of bodily penance to atone for one’s sins, on Maundy Thursday in Mandaluyong, Manila, on March 24, 2016.
Thorny boughs are carried during a procession, a part of Holy Week celebrations, in Taxco, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, on March 24, 2016.
Men throw water on a woman as part of traditional Easter celebrations in Szenna, Hungary, on March 28, 2016.
A priest stands in the church building in Kibera as members of the Legio Maria African Mission church make a procession marking Good Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 25, 2016. Legio Maria is an African-initiated church and new religious movement among particularly the Luo people of western Kenya, initiated by repeated appearances of a mystic woman to several Roman Catholic members delivering messages about the incarnation of the son of God as a black man.
A performer from the Paso Blanco, or White Group, poses for a portrait as he prepares his demon makeup before the Holy Friday biblical parade on March 25, 2016 in Lorca, in Murcia Province, Spain. Lorca's parades recreate biblical scenes. They are well known for their horse-chariot races and their handmade embroidered cloaks.
Penitents of the “El Cachorro” brotherhood join their church to parade during the Easter procession in Sevilla on
March 25, 2016.
A woman takes part in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City on
March 27, 2016.
Iraqi Christians pray during Easter Mass at Baghdad's Christian Union Evangelical Church, in Iraq on
March, 27, 2016.
Actors perform the Passion of Jesus Christ during Good Friday's procession at the Cancun resort, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, on March 25, 2016.
Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square, during the Easter mass celebrated by Pope Francis at the Vatican, on
March 27, 2016.
A woman wearing a traditional “Mantilla” coverchief stands during the Gitanos, or The Gypsy, brotherhood procession on March 20, 2016 in Ronda, Spain, during Holy Week.
Residents carry an idol of Virgin Mary to the church in a pedicab in preparation for the Good Friday procession during Holy Week celebration in Gasan, Marinduque in central Philippines, on March 25, 2016.
An elderly woman takes part in the Palm Sunday celebrations, which marks the beginning of the Holy Week in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on March 20, 2016.
Penitents carry a statue of Jesus Christ during a “Jesus del gran poder” procession in the colonial city of Granada, Nicaragua, on March 22, 2016.
Willy Salvador, 59, is nailed to a cross as part of his penitence during a reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ for Good Friday celebrations ahead of Easter in the village of San Juan, Pampanga, north of Manila, on
March 25, 2016.
Penitents crawl on the ground with their limbs bound by chains as they take part in a Good Friday ritual in Pasay, metro Manila, Philippines, on March 25, 2016.
A penitent sweats through his hood during a Good Friday procession in Lima, Peru, on March 26, 2016.
Catholics hold colored tape tied to a statue of Jesus Nazareno in a procession known as “Jesus Nazareno of the tapes” during Holy Week in Cot de Cartago, Costa Rica, on March 23, 2016. People tie ribbons to the statue to symbolize promises they make to Jesus.
A penitent locally called “Morion” parades during the start of Holy Week celebrations in Mogpog, Marinduque, in central Philippines, on March 21, 2016.
Belarussian Catholics carry a wooden cross as they take part in a procession celebrating Palm Sunday in the town of Oshmiany, Belarus, on March 20, 2016.
An actor playing the role of Jesus reenacts the Passion of Christ on a hill above La Paz, Bolivia, on March 25, 2016.
Penitents on their knees carry the “Christ tied to the column” during the Holy Week procession in Alcala de Henares near Madrid on March 22, 2016.
An Indian Christian girl watches another praying during Easter mass at a church in Gauhati, India, on
March 27, 2016.
Lana Turner wears a bonnet during the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue March 27, 2016 in New York City. The parade is a New York tradition dating back to the mid-1800s when the social elite would parade their new fashions down Fifth Avenue after attending Easter services in one of the Fifth Avenue churches.
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