Holy Week in Tegucigalpa

Last week was Holy Week and in Honduras it is celebrated like a National Holiday. No one works and schools are out. People leave the capital to go back to their hometowns and the ones who can, go on vacation to the Bay Islands or to the beach.
The ones that stay participate in the religious customs which are quite a few. Among one of the showiest ones are the carpets made of colored sawdust. On Wednesday our landlords took us downtown to see the people making them. Oh, how I wanted to get down on all four and help!, I guess it was so obvious that Gloria (our landlady) mentioned that it looked like I wanted to join in. There were youth groups from churches and Scouts from Honduras and other people making them.





Then on Thursday they took us again to see them  when they were all finished and  before the procession would go through. My favorite one was "La Dolorosa", a Virgin with a tear rolling down her cheek, quite an artwork.



They cover the streets of downtown Tegucigalpa where the procession of the Holy Sepulchre is going to be going through, from the Cathedral to the  Church of the Calvary.  Needless to say once the procession goes through the streets all the artwork is gone. It is quite an amazing site.