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HOLY WEEK |
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After Palm Sunday and the blessing of olive branches, symbol of
peace, the Holy Week starts for all the churches in Martina
Franca. On Holy Thursday bells are kept silent and in every
church sephulcres are set. They are Deposition altars, orned
with flowers and candles.
Churches are opened until late night, to allow faithful people
to visit all of them. On Holy Friday the Mysteries procession
takes place. It was established in 1716. It starts from San
Francesco d’Assisi church late in the afternoon and it ends at
midnight, after passing by the main streets in town. All the
congregations of town take part to this procession, wearing
their characteristic dresses, orned with embroideries and with
their own banner.
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They hold the Mystery Cross, with all the
symbols of the Passion, and some statues of Biblical episodes,
like: Christ in the Garden; the Hecce Home; the Fall; Christ
dead and the Holy Virgin of Sorrows. The wood and paper-pulp
statues are hold on the shoulder by the components of the
congregations.
During the procession, many people stand on both sides of the
streets, and they stir up emotions of pity and faith. |
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