One of the treats of living in Europe, and in our village, is that there are lots of historical events, and one of my favourites is the street procession on the night of Good Friday. The procession re-enacts the taking of Christ's body to the Holy Sephulchre.
Local villagers play the leading roles, and the 'crowd', villagers and tourists alike, follow.
The procession traverses through the village which is decorated with thousands of lights - some of which are our familiar tea-lights, but the majority are snail shells,
which have been given a wick and filled with oil.
which have been given a wick and filled with oil. These light the path to the church, where mass is celebrated, but they also decorate homes and streets. Lights, especially in the form of crosses - on window sills, doorways, and in sidestreets - magic!
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