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Holy Week Rites in Taranto, Italy
Photography by Daniela Lettner & Giambattista Pace
The rites of the Holy Week in Taranto are among the most important and emotional in Italy. The procession of the Holy Thursday and the Good Friday are followed by thousands. The first procession on Thursday is the "Addolorata" (Our Lady of Sorrows) starting at midnight and following a long route along the old and the new town only to come back the day after in the afternoon. On Friday the long Mysteries procession sets out from the church of St. Mary of Carmel returning the next morning after another long pilgrimage around the town. The pilgrims, called Perdoni, walk barefeet and mostly with faces covered with hoods. They are the sinners the ones pleading for forgiveness. The average speed of the processions is 30 meters per hour, an exasperate slowness accompanied by funeral marches.
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Photography by Daniela Lettner & Giambattista Pace
The rites of the Holy Week in Taranto are among the most important and emotional in Italy. The procession of the Holy Thursday and the Good Friday are followed by thousands. The first procession on Thursday is the "Addolorata" (Our Lady of Sorrows) starting at midnight and following a long route along the old and the new town only to come back the day after in the afternoon. On Friday the long Mysteries procession sets out from the church of St. Mary of Carmel returning the next morning after another long pilgrimage around the town. The pilgrims, called Perdoni, walk barefeet and mostly with faces covered with hoods. They are the sinners the ones pleading for forgiveness. The average speed of the processions is 30 meters per hour, an exasperate slowness accompanied by funeral marches.
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