(18 Apr 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Quito, Ecuador – 18 April 2025
1. Statue of Jesus
2. People dressed as cucuruchos (men wearing purple robes representing penitence) in the procession
3. Various of cucuruchos walking with their heels chained as penitence
4. David Abril, who is dressed as a cucurucho, showing a painting of Jesus
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel Abril, dressed as a Cucurucho:
“I am asking God to help us, to heal my family. May he help Ecuador to move forward.”
6. Man dressed as Jesus carrying the cross on his shoulder
7. Veronicas (women who wiped Jesus’ face with a cloth while he carried his cross) in the procession
8. Susana Panchi (centre) with her friends
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Susana Panchi, dressed as a Veronica:
“Every year I come here and I have been participating in the procession of Jesus the Almighty for 14 years, in gratitude for my health and for the day by day that He gives me to move forward here in this life.”
10. Cucuruchos in procession
11. Person dressed as a cucurucho carrying a cactus on his back as a sign of penitence
12. Various of cucuruchos in procession
13. Man dressed as Jesus carrying cross
14. Various of procession
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Ecuadorian Christians accompanied a statue of Jesus the Almighty in a march through the capital of Quito on Friday.
Cucuruchos – men who wear purple tunics to represent penitence and verónicas, women representing the woman who wiped Jesus’ face with a cloth while he carried his cross, accompanied the image of Jesus the Almighty.
The faithful were stationed on both sides of the streets to be part of the procession.
Susana Panchi who was dressed up as a Veronica said, “I come every year and for 14 years I have been participating here in the procession of Jesus the Almighty in gratitude for my health and for the day by day that He gives me to move forward here in this life.”
“I am asking God to help us, to heal my family. May he help Ecuador to move forward,” said David Abril, who dressed as a cucurucho.
This procession has its beginnings in 1961 was an initiative of the priest Francisco Fernandez, and is held on Good Friday, to remember the death of Jesus.
AP Video shot by Cesar Olmos
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