Lent and Easter |
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Cuaresma Schedule 2008
In the Yoeme Communities, the people celebrate the Lenten Season through the
Yaqui Easter Cultural Ceremonies. The Ceremonies begin on Ash Wednesday and
continue through Easter Sunday. One aspect of this ceremony is the Yaqui
interpretation of the Catholic liturgy for the Easter Season, concurrent with
the dramatization of the Passion of Jesus Christ by the Yoeme People.
The following is a schedule of events which occur during Lent.
| THE TIMES ARE APPROXIMATIONS AND ACT AS A GENERAL GUIDE ONLY. |
| February 6 |
Ash Wednesday |
A short service is conducted in the early evening |
| February 8, 15, 22, 29 |
Fridays |
Processions to the fourteen stations of the cross by members of the church group 6:00 p.m.
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| March 7, 14 |
| March 15 |
Palm Saturday |
The fiesta: An all night fiesta with the emergence of the Deer Dancer and the Pahkolam 9:00p.m.
The Fiesta Procession 11:00 p.m.
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| March 16 |
Palm Sunday |
The procession with the Palms and Procession of Christ into Jerusalem 11:00 a.m.
Palm distribution.
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| HOLY WEEK |
| March 19 |
Holy Wednesday |
The Tenebrae (The Whipping) 9:00 p.m.
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| March 20 |
Holy Thursday |
Late morning Procession of the Heart of Jesus with angels 10:00 a.m.
The pursuit of the Old Man 3:00 p.m.
The capture of the Nazarene 9:00 p.m
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| March 21 |
Good Friday |
The Crucifixion of Christ followed by two processions and all night vigil of the body of Christ 5:30 p.m.
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| March 22 |
Holy Saturday |
"La Gloria" Ceremony, followed by an all night vigil and traditional dances 12:00 noon.
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| March 23 |
Easter Sunday |
Matachinim unbraid the Maypole 7:00 a.m.
Mass followed by final procession 10:00 a.m.
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