Catholic Good Friday (Good Friday)
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Marches are held on Good Friday, and in some cities theatrical performances on religious themes are staged. The first religious performance was played in 1951, when the owners of the Brejo da Madre de Deus in Pernambuco came to the conclusion that staging those events was one way to attract guests during Holy Week.
The most spectacular performance is in the city of New Jerusalem (Pernambuco, northeast Brazil). It involves more than 500 actors, including celebrities. The action takes place on the territory of over 70,000 square meters. meters. Among the decorations, the fortress wall deserves special attention - a Muralha, 3 meters high, and 70 towers, 7 meters high. The course of events - the torture, crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ - is shown in 60 scenes.
In the city of Goias Velho (Goias Velho) - the former capital of the state of Goyas - on the night of Thursday to holy Friday (a Sexta-Feira Santa), a procession takes place, whose participants, dressed in long clothes with caps on their heads, completely hiding their face, with slots for the eyes and mouth, walk barefoot through the dark streets of the city with lighted torches in their hands (as is customary, at this time the whole city lights go out). At the head of the procession are an image of Jesus Christ in order to remind of his path to Calvary through the streets of Jerusalem on the eve of the crucifixion.
Minas Gerais prepares for religious ceremonies throughout the year. Specially sewn clothes for Friday Liturgy.
In the historic city of Ouro Preto, a procession of the Catholic brotherhood takes place, which preserved all the traditions of a similar ceremony held in colonial Brazil in the seventeenth century.
In the city of Diamantina, women with lit candles in black robes and men dressed as soldiers of the Roman army take part in the procession.
In Brazil, the attitude towards Holy Week – and Semana Santa – and the associated holidays is revered and revered.