Via Crucis at Chiantla
Mon, Mar 11
|Good Friday in Huehuetenango
Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross. On Good Friday, the people of Chiantla being the performance of the "Passion of the Christ", which they've been practicing for months. This specially selected group from the community act out the performance of Jesus Christ bearing his cross and his death.
Time & Location
Mar 11, 2019, 7:00 AM
Good Friday in Huehuetenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
About the event
Hundreds of people come to Chiantla on Good Friday (Viernes Santo) to witness the townspeople begin their performance that they've been practicing for months. Known to many as "The Passion of Christ", Via Crucis (the Way of the Cross) is a dramatization of the Son of God's journey to death.
This specially selected group from the community act out the performance of Jesus Christ being taken in front of Pontius Pilate (Poncio Pilatos) then to Herod, to finally receive his death sentence and charged with bearing the cross together with the two thieves. Before bearing the cross, Jesus is whipped, and a crown of thorns is placed on his head, he then begins his walk through the streets of Chiantla.