Estas fotografías las realicé el Viernes Santo durante la Procesión del Silencio de la Ciudad de Oaxaca, México. Desde 1986 se realiza año con año, reuniendo a una gran cantidad de participantes que se concentran en el Templo Sangre de Cristo para alistarse y recorrer las principales calles del centro histórico donde miles de turistas y locales atestiguan esta peculiar e imponente procesión.
¿Cuál es el origen del capuchón?
El origen del capirote o capuchón está en los comienzos de la Inquisición, cuando a las personas que estaban castigadas por motivos religiosos se les imponía la obligación de usar una prenda de tela que les cubriera el pecho y la espalda y un cucurucho de cartón en señal de penitencia.
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I did these photographs on Holly Friday during the «Procesión del SIlencio (Silent procession) in Oaxaca Mexico. Year by year since 1986 thousands of people gathers around to Sangre de Cristo church to eyewitness this tradition that takes part along the main streets of downtown Oaxaca.
Each church is represented by a holy figure carried by the faithful. Banners, on heavy standards, are part of the procession, as well as crosses carried by others. Unlike almost everything else in Mexico, the procession is actually mostly silent.
I did these photographs on Holly Friday during the «Procesión del SIlencio (Silent procession) in Oaxaca Mexico. Year by year since 1986 thousands of people gathers around to Sangre de Cristo church to eyewitness this tradition that takes part along the main streets of downtown Oaxaca.
Each church is represented by a holy figure carried by the faithful. Banners, on heavy standards, are part of the procession, as well as crosses carried by others. Unlike almost everything else in Mexico, the procession is actually mostly silent.
