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==Fiestas and Traditions of Mercedes, Zamboanga City== | ==Fiestas and Traditions of Mercedes, Zamboanga City== | ||
[[Image:1 116146497l.jpg|right|150px]][[Image:Santo Sepulcro.jpg|left|150px]][[ | [[Image:1 116146497l.jpg|right|150px]][[Image:Santo Sepulcro.jpg|left|150px]][[Image:1 116146497l.jpg]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), another tradition that is being done by almost all the Mercedeños is the celebration of Christ's Death and Passion known as the Santo Entierro Procession held during the afternoon of Good Friday. Long before, people from all walks of life, from as far as Putik, Divisoria, Boalan, Culianan, Cabaluay and as far as Manicahan would come and attend this long procession of about 20 images as a symbol of the tradition mixed with the devotion that these people have during the entire observance of the holy week. | ||
Basically known as the Santo Entierro, images depicting Christ's passion and death are owned by the prominent and old families of Mercedes. These images are paraded along the streets of the old Calle Real during the Good Friday. | Basically known as the Santo Entierro, images depicting Christ's passion and death are owned by the prominent and old families of Mercedes. These images are paraded along the streets of the old Calle Real during the Good Friday. | ||
Some of these images were family heirlooms and handed down from one generation to the other. Some of these images | Some of these images were family heirlooms and handed down from one generation to the other. Some of these images are: | ||
* The Santo Sepulcro or the Dead Christ, this image is inside a black glass coffin with thirteen yellow candles on both sides, is carried on the shoulders of the devotees, is owned by the [[Carpio|Carpio Clan]]. This image of the Carpios is one of the oldest image in the procession that starts from the family's Patriach, Eladio Carpio, my maternal great great grandfather. | * The Santo Sepulcro or the Dead Christ, this image is inside a black glass coffin with thirteen yellow candles on both sides, is carried on the shoulders of the devotees, is owned by the [[Carpio|Carpio Clan]]. This image of the Carpios is one of the oldest image in the procession that starts from the family's Patriach, Eladio Carpio, my maternal great great grandfather. | ||
* The Scourging at the Pillar by the Rivera's Family, | * The Scourging at the Pillar by the Rivera's Family, | ||