EASTER PROCESSION, FLORES, EAST NUSA TENGGARA
Larantuka's March of Lamentation
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Semana Santa or easter holy Week, is a time citizens of Larantuka in East Flores look forward to. On good Friday, the whole town and thousands of tourists carry the Maria Dolorosa statue, also known as the Virgin Mary of Lament. The procession moves around town, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ, with thousands of hand-held candles.
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Her eyes seem slightly swollen. A vertical scar goes down her face. From the right of the forehead the scratch dips to the eyebrow all the way down the cheek and ends up to the left of the chin. This makes her countenance seem about to crack. Her lips are pursed. Her nose is aquiline. Brownish spots speckle her cheeks and forehead.
This is the face of Maria Dolorosa, the Mourning Mother Mary, the beloved of Larantuka, East Flores. There is a grac
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