Four Centuries of Tradition in Larantuka
Catholics in the city of Larantuka, East Flores, continue to celebrate Good Friday with a traditional celebration that has been around for four centuries.
April 17, 2001
LARANTUKA people bow down in humble devotion. Thousands of people dressed in black made a journey from the Tuan Ana Church to Reinha Rosari Cathedral – the two places are near to each other in Larantuka, the capital city of East Flores regency, in the middle of Eastern Indonesia. A number of the people making the journey brought candles measuring up to 40 centimeters in length. The small bursts of flame cast out a patterned circle of lig
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