Catholic Mexicans jubilantly go to the Via Crucis after suspension due to pandemic

Around 600,000 Catholics jubilantly attended this Friday the representation of the Via Crucis of Holy Week in the popular neighborhood of Iztapalapa in Ciudad de Mexicowhich had been suspended during the pandemic.

“There are 600,000 people”the mayor of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum told the press, celebrating that this year the tradition turns 179 years old.

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According to data from the mayor of Izapalapa released to the press, between Palm Sunday, Thursday and this Friday, a total of 1,800 people attended the shows of Iztapalapa.

But this Friday was the first day that free entry was allowed.

“For me it is nice (to return) because since I was a child my father brought us (…) for me it is a satisfaction” to witness the religious representation again, Susana Montaño, a 63-year-old housewife, told AFP.

About 100 people participated in the Catholic staging, including actors and musicians.

Izapalapa registered 8,847 deaths from covid-19.

The actors, who prepare a year in advance, had to submit a negative COVID-19 test to maintain health security.

Carrying pictures of loved ones, climbing trees, parishioners made their way through the crowd to see the actors.

“It felt like sadness… like traditional things were being lost,” Montaño added, referring to the restrictions imposed by the pandemic that prevented him from attending the Passion of Christ flame.

In total in Mexico 324,000 people have died from the new coronavirus.

Source: Elcomercio

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