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Procession of Good Friday, Quito, Ecuador, Pichincha province, South America.

Thousands of people participate in Quito’s great procession of Good Friday, which was the day when Jesus Christ was sentenced and crucified. Captured April 10, 2009 in Quito, Ecuador, Pichincha province, South America. The hooded cucuruchos and the robed Verónicas are the traditional figures who accompany Jesús del Gran Poder (Jesus Almighty) and the Virgen Dolorosa (Virgin of Sorrows) on the procession which starts and ends at the San Francisco church and passes through Quito’s historic center. The cucuruchos symbolize the penitents who, dressed in purple, show their repentance and their will to change. (The traditional conical, pointed-hat robes resemble those worn in Spain and famously by the Klu-Klux Klan; Cucurucho is Spanish for cone or cornet.) Many penitents carry crosses, chain their feet, or wrap thorns around their heads. The Verónicas recall the woman who came to Jesus as he carried the cross, and who wiped his face full of sweat and blood. In Quito, the Verónicas also wear purple, their faces hidden by black shrouds.

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Thousands of people participate in Quito’s great procession of Good Friday, which was the day when Jesus Christ was sentenced and crucified. Captured April 10, 2009 in Quito, Ecuador, Pichincha province, South America. The hooded cucuruchos and the robed Verónicas are the traditional figures who accompany Jesús del Gran Poder (Jesus Almighty) and the Virgen Dolorosa (Virgin of Sorrows) on the procession which starts and ends at the San Francisco church and passes through Quito’s historic center. The cucuruchos symbolize the penitents who, dressed in purple, show their repentance and their will to change. (The traditional conical, pointed-hat robes resemble those worn in Spain and famously by the Klu-Klux Klan; Cucurucho is Spanish for cone or cornet.) Many penitents carry crosses, chain their feet, or wrap thorns around their heads. The Verónicas recall the woman who came to Jesus as he carried the cross, and who wiped his face full of sweat and blood. In Quito, the Verónicas also wear purple, their faces hidden by black shrouds.
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