Easter

EasterThe festival of Easter in Ecuador is inseparable from the celebration of Holy Week (Semana Santa). The celebration begins on Sunday, a week before Easter, and is a religious procession and endless supply of a traditional dish called fanesca, a fish soup made from salted and dried fish with beans, corn and lentils, with 12 varieties of legumes in total. It's delicious and satisfying. In addition, this dish is very symbolic - 12 varieties of legumes represent the disciples of Christ, and fish - Christ himself.

The Friday procession is very important. The first wave of participants dressed in purple clothes and high purple hats. In the procession, people dressed in white clothes take part, wreaths of thorn are laid on their heads. They walk the streets surrounded by people dressed as Roman soldiers and carry incredibly huge wooden crosses on their backs.

Another feature of the holiday week is that the cities become very quiet. The explanation is very simple - almost everyone goes to the coast. At this time, most shops and institutions are closed.