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Blessings During Holy Week in Ecuador

Posted by on May 1, 2014 in Blog | 1 comment

Blessings During Holy Week in Ecuador

Holy Week in Cotacachi is an excellent opportunity  to experience how Ecuadorians celebrate the week leading up to Easter.  It is a time of processions, prayers, music, re-enactments of the persecution and crucifixion of Jesus Christ and a time of deep reflection as well. On “Domingo de Ramos”, Palm Sunday, people gather on the steps of the cathedral with bundles of greenery.  Originally palm leaves were used, however in recent years there has been a  concerted and successful effort to discourage the use of palms because in the highlands of Ecuador palms are endangered, even...

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