Show HOLD BIG FESTIVAL IN IM PERU holy week Is I 1 celebrated by religious procession cm beautiful floats jin n P parade arade lima peru semana santa or holy week la Is a week of cf preparation booths i dedicated to different saints are arc e erected and arches built at intervals from rom the church to the foot of the calle it lal e las palmas or street ot at psalms on saturday the arches are decorated with fruit vegetables vegetable live fowls kids etc and everything Is if got in readiness readi for the great day balm sunday early sunday coming the few ro things are added to the arch es e and the procession Balon leaves the church taking Us its way to the booth at t the toot foot of the street where they remain tor for the faithful to make their of firings until between live and elx at night when the procession again forms at this booth and Is accompanied ly by soldiers the band baad and a crowd or of people after they form there Is IB a song by the musical professor or slager singer of the th church music by the band and they start slowly all air carrying palms young 11 W N I 1 IN I 1 aa ra 1 i I 1 Z I 1 A I 1 I 1 1 V I I 1 11 I 1 el 1 I 1 4 V I 1 I 1 I 1 AO I 1 I 1 11 v k 11 ii I 1 91 I 1 I 1 I 1 a s h I 1 I 1 I 1 t t ka Q I 1 I 1 I 1 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 IV I 1 K 11 I 1 it I 1 e I 1 11 t ca I 1 i I 1 z Y e gal for the festival branches of sugar cane in I 1 ther their hand and waving them all the music played during this time wi was dirges on friday night was the great event of the week the greit great procession beginning at ten 0 clock and headed by three men one of them carrying the crown of theme the second the nalls which nailed the lord to the cross the th third the cock that crew this was followed by a float beautifully fally trimmed and lighted the linage image of our lord so painted that blood appeared to be on the forehead find and face very realistic real lotte it looked in the semidarkness semi darkness next Nex was a float containing the virgin alary beautifully dressed in ili pur pie velvet trimmed with priceless lace and jewels jewel her long train held up by angels As the streets were dark only for tile the lights on the floats and torches carried by the crowd who ho were till all dressed ill fit black and the procession moved so ls slowly lowly appearing to mark time and from side to side they were more than two hours going around two blocks on reaching ig the c anch ij b the floats float were put within to rema fir 1 till thre th re rea u to at 9 20 saturday morning no train whistled no bells bell arang no teams were in the streets from thursday noon even the children were told not to talk tor fr the senor lord Is in dead till 30 saturday when the image Is restored to its niche tn in the chur church h and the elmerald el lord Is risen christian herald erald |