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Mexico’s Week of Passion and Pageantry

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     As a predominantly Catholic nation, Mexico has traditionally celebrated Easter Week, known here as Semana Santa, as one of its most important holiday seasons of the year. Starting on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, which this year fell on April 10, nearly every community in the country commemorates the resurrection of Christ 2000 years ago with

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Easter Celebrations in Michoacán: Beauty Beyond Chaos

By JESSICA GUERRERO MORELIA, Michoacán — Two years after the start of the covid-19 pandemic, social life in Mexico is finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. The current case count, according to official sources, has decreased significantly, allowing, among other things, the reopening of spaces for tourism and cultural activities. Work places and schools in the

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Holy Week Festivities in San Miguel de Allende

By RICARDO CASTILLO     In Mexico, every city commemorates the passion and crucifixion of Christ its own style. Celebration ceremonies range from gory self-flogging to plush theatrical reenactments of the crucifixion. One of the most solemn shows of Catholicism, however, is in San Miguel de Allende (SMA), which this week is featuring 60 processions, according the Mayor’s Religious Affairs Tourism Office.

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A Week of Pageantry

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     As a predominantly Catholic nation, Mexico has traditionally celebrated Easter Week, known here as Semana Santa, as one of its most important holiday seasons of the year. Starting on Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, nearly every community in the country commemorates the resurrection of Christ 2000 years ago with magnificent rituals and colorful, passionate processions reenacting

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