Show X easter festival in in crete following F 91 aw n solemn 0 V observance ohr er of good friday I 1 it Is a day of unbounded rejoicing fc HE baiter easter festival in crete is a strange range combination ot of a yn ym bollom and lateri riall allam sm there Is much to impress the mind and tome some thing to disgust the sense of western christians but bath in the feasting aad aud the failing tasting it 1 Is a life lived strenuously nd tad la in this sense it IL I 1 is im at midnight nid night oa on easter ove the clash ih of belle bells through cut the city of candia proclaim for the orthodox the end of the long lenten lanten fast which during holy week at least has been list in the moet most literal enao sense ot of the word since palm falm sunday bread and olive olives have sufficed for rich and poor alike but on holy thurida the drovec of lambs and kide kids b gin ln to pour dour into candia in preparation for the easter featt least and the market marketplace place Is crow era ded with eager purchasers Pul chasers who he carry the woolly black and white creatures a away ray I 1 alire alive and bleating on their but before the dav day of IM 1 J Z art t como come the long drama of good friday d y all through the lour the beor y to it ot of incense rife rip e among the akons in the dim cathedral and the tile priests intone their chante chants the sun eti sets behind tho the snows of mount blount id ida and the tan stars come out over the nails of the city the quare square around fountain begins to nil fill again with lit popl some sit down la front of the cafe drink their ct pi 1 of coffee caff ur call lor tor a lump jump of turkish delight and glass of ot cold water ater 11 group groups tand stand under the orange tree trees rith with candle candies in their hands tho the em roi dered waistcoats coats and wear baggy bue blue breaches bre ublia are still the al at most universal dree in crete and barough every tIrl sted balb la thrust the long knife teen of alth with handle hardle white ii inlaid with silver then in the warm dar knea belle bells the of the churches church ce toll squibs cracker cruc kers and begin to fay if about and lien kal fal lighte illuminate tie the of the street dark corner corners tho the greek net teach that church chirch doea does the events of good dd friday are who only tragic aad ar 4 for f these understand under tand the feeling behind simple the real reil am sins of a cretan there 1 is no baur E a sacr taste of tl th incongruity 7 L 1 thi is acra joy to cone com gradually fradua lly the throng ne ae As the time tl ins drawe becomes cornes denier denser of the procession near for the itlane i which Is christ to the gme grave to 10 carry one of the narrow barrow presently from tide lh th fp ant toune 0 of streets tome onius nr tr the lr covered butic lutle and I 1 heads beads of 1 be ea tall fall i 1 en 1 11 l ver slaves swaying to aud and 0 to o la to tk 1 bands hands of whit robed hind them bannen banners borne by the sa ml diere diers and then the old archbishop b h j cope and mitre SUN with fold cold v owl rounded by hie Is chanting priests cati 0 o the bier Itself 4 winging on b uk no pole poles is 1 carrie carried 1 by some of the po p pie it la in covered with cowers am the dim light reveals no taw drizen lq t if its decoration at of all march tte tk officers of the cretan army the f cerlon cession pause lowly slowly through tte tk equate and return returns after a time by 11 the ame same road read to the cathedral 74 4 crowd dl disperses pene eoon the lights leht dtreit t pear from the window windows and the of venice are am left alone once MM aft earing up their marble fountain ft 64 end ends good friday ao 10 candia wa ik faithful turn 11 main to st N expectation of their raster day daya at thilburn thil the turn of midnight oab oa at day the pealing of bells the aul abe shouting through the tow tm proclaims the day et of festival bt bal d 1 I seven u none bet turin turks are vs ible in tho the streets tre eta for leq chann la Is in church high aalthe overlooking overlook the aea sea and the ism tain talus impart built yean W by th the venetian A 4 conqueror I 1 tt t easter feat least la in celebrated under thil british hag flag r ran ae As the afternoon pauses on 00 all cow C j dia surges into the liv iracks and ov 1108 on to the teat M fatemi 02 04 where under the staring sun an Gre greebe ekil and crena perform their dancea dances the cretans join handa hands of move clovi lowly ly round to the of A atko stringed guitar with wit rhyta ett stamping and ih theo iben irv 1 I 4 4 t ly ir one dancer or another prax b into the air lapping slapping the soles ole e boots boot alle while the others pause to W blu so they hey batic 16 on th roua do long lung hot day until towards the 00 ninis ning tho the crowd ic ill t the he bet Kr greater caler the ab houting outing and the IW louder tho the red wine flow flower orore 1104 ft b colored tampa hung anions 10 trees eca elow like aik fairy fruit nr tork nil fizz intoe the sky icy JS ends int candler lir dip kocat az 1 of the thip y arr I 1 v pr 4 fj |