{"id":186,"date":"2011-04-06T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T17:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=186"},"modified":"2016-02-19T20:14:38","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T01:14:38","slug":"holy-week-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/04\/holy-week-in-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Week in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Week, otherwise known as Semana Santa, is fast approaching. With many Colombians having time off work during this period, plans to celebrate Holy Week are being made around <a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\">Colombia<\/a>. Holy Week celebrations in Colombia traditionally run from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday and this year it falls on the dates Sunday 17th April to Sunday 24th April.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4341573952_a7f74a58ab_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-187\" title=\"4341573952_a7f74a58ab_m\" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/4341573952_a7f74a58ab_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Catholicism is the traditional and most widely practised religion within the Colombian people and Holy Week is the commemoration of the death and resurrection of jesus Christ. All over Colombia, communities and individuals celebrate and recognise Holy Week in a variety of different ways and levels of intensity. The most famous of celebrations however, is a ritual that integrates numerous cities and towns, the most popular being Mompox and Popay\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p>This ritual begins the thursday night before Palm Sunday in Mompox, northern Colombia. Those involved proceed to the Inmaculada Concepci\u00f3n Church, led by Nazarenos dressed in turquoise robes and throw stones and kick at doors to gain entry. A mass then takes place inside, the robes of those taking part are blessed and then all celebrants make their way on to the San Francisco Church. Further events at different churchs continue the day day, the first being a 4am mass at Santo Domingo church. On Palm Sunday several churches perform mass, including the blessing of the palms at Santa B\u00e1rbara and a large procession that remembers Christ&#8217;s entry into Jerusalem. Thursday sees the Last Supper reenacted and then on Good Friday, or Viernes Santo, crucifixion with masses and solemn rites takes place.<\/p>\n<p>As well as all the religious celebrations, Holy Week is a popular time for <a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/tours\/\">traveling Colombia.<\/a> Colombia&#8217;s Ministry of Tourism considers this week within &#8216;high season&#8217; and, as well as visiting the towns already mentioned, many Colombians visit religious landmarks (such as Las Lajas Cathedral or <a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/tours\/salt-cathedral\/\">Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/tours\/caribbean\/\">Colombia&#8217;s Caribbean coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Week, otherwise known as Semana Santa, is fast approaching. With many Colombians having time off work during this period, plans to celebrate Holy Week are being made around Colombia. 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