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[[Image:1 116146497l.jpg|right|150px]][[Image:Santo Sepulcro.jpg|left|150px]]Aside from the yearly celebration of the barangay fiesta, which is celebrated every September 24 in honor of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Our Lady of Ransom) is another tradition that is being done by almost all the Mercedeños is the celebration of Christ's Death and Passion. | [[Image:1 116146497l.jpg|right|150px]][[Image:Santo Sepulcro.jpg|left|150px]]Aside from the yearly celebration of the barangay fiesta, which is celebrated every September 24 in honor of Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Our Lady of Ransom) is another tradition that is being done by almost all the Mercedeños is the celebration of Christ's Death and Passion. | ||
Basically known as the Santo Entierro, images depicting Christ's passion and death and owned by the prominent and old families of Mercedes, are paraded along the streets of the old Calle Real in observance of the Holy Week. | |||
Some of these images were family heirlooms and handed down from one generation to the other. Some of these images were: | Some of these images were family heirlooms and handed down from one generation to the other. Some of these images were: | ||
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* The Pieta and Agony in the Garden, both owned by the [[Toribio|Toribio Clan]], | * The Pieta and Agony in the Garden, both owned by the [[Toribio|Toribio Clan]], | ||
* The Nazarene, the Domingo Ramos and | * The Nazarene, the Domingo Ramos and | ||
* Jesus speaks with the women of Jerusalem, owned by the [[Perez|Perezes]] | * Jesus speaks with the women of Jerusalem, owned by the [[Perez|Perezes]] | ||
* The Crucifixion, owned by the Enriquez Family. | |||
* The image of La Pacencia (Crowning with Thorns), owned by Señora Florentina Alvarez and Family | |||
* The image of St. Veronica, Desmayado, and Jesus nailed on the Cross, are owned by the other side of the Enriquezes. | |||
* The Mater Dolorosa (The Sorrowful Mother), which is used for the La Virgen de Soledad Procession held after the Santo Entierro Procession and during the Domingo Encuentro, is owned by the Torres Family. | |||
* The image of St. Mary Magdalene is owned by the Tan's Family. | |||
* The image of St. Peter, owned by the Arquiza's family. | |||
* Jesus is helped by Simon of Cyrene is owned by the Toribio's Family. | |||
* Jesus meets His Mother is owned by the Perez's Family. | |||
==Tourists Attractions of Mercedes, Zamboanga City== | ==Tourists Attractions of Mercedes, Zamboanga City== | ||