Yesterday was a national holiday here called Corpus Cristi; meaning, the Body of Christ. It is a celebration of the body of Christ, "real and substantial presence of Christ in the Eucharist." (Eucharist signifying the Lord's Supper, but they believe that the bread IS the body of Christ and the wine IS the blood. Not a representation.)
Since it was a holiday and the kids were off school, we went exploring and came upon this:
A group of people follow the priests, carrying the body of Christ, follow a path through part of the town. 
The path is made with colored dirt and depicts various christian symbols. This picture shows the path after they walked over it. 
The path is made with colored dirt and depicts various christian symbols. This picture shows the path after they walked over it. 
Here you can see Christ healing a man. 
We were with some missionary friends and one of them mentioned that is was sad that so few weeks after the Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ, they were carrying his "dead" body down the street. Here is a short video of the end. Sorry the quality is not the best.
We were with some missionary friends and one of them mentioned that is was sad that so few weeks after the Celebration of the Resurrection of Christ, they were carrying his "dead" body down the street. Here is a short video of the end. Sorry the quality is not the best.
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