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The traditional Passion Plays in Mexico City have attracted more than 1 million people.
On Good Friday, 1.4 million people participated in the celebrations in Iztapalapa, the district's mayor, Aleida Alavez Ruiz, posted on the platform X on Saturday.
The crucifixion of Jesus was reenacted in the traditional Passion Plays in the impoverished district. They were also broadcast on the internet.
The Holy Week programme includes a series of performances depicting the key moments of the Passion of Christ.
It began last Sunday, Palm Sunday, which marks Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and ends on Easter Sunday with the resurrection of Jesus.
The annual depiction of the suffering, death and resurrection of Christ was recognized in 2023 as an intangible cultural heritage of Mexico.
The Passion Plays have been held since 1843. Ten years earlier, numerous residents of Iztapalapa had died due to a cholera epidemic. The survivors wanted to thank God for sparing them by depicting the suffering of Jesus.
People also commemorated the suffering of Christ in other places in Catholic-dominated Latin America.
Jos Julio Olivares portrays Jesus Christ during a re-enactment of the Passion of Christ in the Good Friday procession, part of the 182nd edition of Holy Week celebrations in Iztapalapa. Ian Robles/eyepix via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Jos Julio Olivares portrays Jesus Christ during a re-enactment of the Passion of Christ in the Good Friday procession, part of the 182nd edition of Holy Week celebrations in Iztapalapa. Ian Robles/eyepix via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Holy Week in Madrid is being severely affected by the rains. This Good Friday, one of Madrid's most important brotherhoods had to cancel its procession: the Brotherhood of Jesus de Medinaceli was unable to carry out its penitential procession. Ignacio Lopez Isasmendi/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
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