Men carry a huge wooden float of Christ over coloured sawdust carpet during the Easter procession in Antigua, Guatemala, Central America

Penitents lifting the Jesus Christ carriage during Semana Santa (Holy Week) procession, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon (Old Castile), Spain, Europe

Float of resurrected Jesus, Easter Sunday procession at the end of Semana Santa (Holy Week), Ayamonte, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Holy Christ Procession, Vila do Porto, Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic, Europe

Holy Christ Procession, Vila do Porto, Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic, Europe

Semana Santa (Holy Week) float with image of Christ outside Seville cathedral, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Procession, Holy Week, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Semana Santa (Holy Week) float outside Seville Cathedral, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Holy Week processions in Guatemala city. Holy Thursday. Comparsa. Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandades". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ, or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.

Holy Week processions in Guatemala city. Holy Thursday. Holy Week in Guatemala is celebrated with street expressions of faith, called processions, usually organized by a "hermandades". Each procession of Holy Week has processional floats and steps, which are often religious images of the Passion of Christ, or Marian images, although there are exceptions, like the allegorical steps of saints.

There are twenty three main platform, with the end of the procession marked by that dedicated to Our Lady of Solitude also called ,??La Dolorosa,?? because of the expression her face takes on upon seeing her dead Son, The statue is carried by around 40 men, carrying upon their shoulders a weight of over a ton,

For almost 60 years, about two thousand people from 28 different guilds (associations of faithful Catholics) come together on Good Friday to participate in this procession, carrying emblems, religious images concerning the Stations of the Cross, and dressed in the distinctive colors of their guilds, Each one of the ,??Guilds,?? carries an image with a picture of Jesus Christ,??s Stations of the Cross and of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary,

For almost 60 years, about two thousand people from 28 different guilds (associations of faithful Catholics) come together on Good Friday to participate in this procession, carrying emblems, religious images concerning the Stations of the Cross, and dressed in the distinctive colors of their guilds, Each one of the ,??Guilds,?? carries an image with a picture of Jesus Christ,??s Stations of the Cross and of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary,

For almost 60 years, about two thousand people from 28 different guilds (associations of faithful Catholics) come together on Good Friday to participate in this procession, carrying emblems, religious images concerning the Stations of the Cross, and dressed in the distinctive colors of their guilds, Each one of the ,??Guilds,?? carries an image with a picture of Jesus Christ,??s Stations of the Cross and of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary,

There are twenty three main platform, with the end of the procession marked by that dedicated to Our Lady of Solitude also called ,??La Dolorosa,?? because of the expression her face takes on upon seeing her dead Son, The statue is carried by around 40 men, carrying upon their shoulders a weight of over a ton,

For almost 60 years, about two thousand people from 28 different guilds (associations of faithful Catholics) come together on Good Friday to participate in this procession, carrying emblems, religious images concerning the Stations of the Cross, and dressed in the distinctive colors of their guilds, Each one of the ,??Guilds,?? carries an image with a picture of Jesus Christ,??s Stations of the Cross and of the mysteries of the Holy Rosary,

Jesus' hands bound in ropes, Semana Santa, Holy Week procession, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Mary and Christ crucified, Semana Santa, Holy Week, Palma de Majorca, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Christ figure, masked carriers in red hoods, Easter procession, Altea, Alicante, Spain, Europe

A penitent dressed as a Benedictine monk rings a bell surrounded by men carrying torches at the procession of the Black Christ of Santa Maria during Easter Holy Week inside of the Cathedral of Caceres, Extremadura, Spain

A penitent dressed as a Benedictine monk holds a torch at the procession of the Black Christ of Santa Maria during Easter Holy Week inside of the Cathedral of Caceres, Extremadura, Spain

A penitent dressed as a Benedictine monk holds a torch at the procession of the Black Christ of Santa Maria during Easter Holy Week inside of the Cathedral of Caceres, Extremadura, Spain

Man carrying the anda (float) of the Whipped Christ during the Procession of the Holy Cross on Good Friday in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepuquez, Guatemala

Men carrying the anda (float) of Jesus Christ after the Crucifixion leave the Cathedral for the Holy Burial Procession on Good Friday in Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepuquez, Guatemala