What you'll see here are some basic Antigua street scenes; some pix from La Recollecion, one of the many many ruined churches; and then some pictures that simply do not do justice to a spectacular, somber procession through the streets. Hundreds of people, many of them in stylized costumes meant to resemble the robes of holy men from centuries ago, are escorting a statue of Jesus that is reclining on an elaborate bier. On the same float (bad description, but as close as you can come in English) as the statue there are several figures that look like black-clad klansmen. They are Nazarenos. In the ecclesiastical context, which these are, they are an ancient group of penitents. In the more day-to-day sense, they seem to show up as rather scary folkloric figures. And if I were a little kid, you could certainly get my attention by telling me these guys might come and get me.
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