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When the
litter emerges from La Merced, everyone kneels and a prayer is said. Incense burners march ahead of the flag-bearer and the Roman soldiers, but only the litter bearing the Christ and his cross can pass over the carpets. |
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When the
litter emerges from La Merced, everyone kneels and a prayer is said. Incense burners march ahead of the flag-bearer and the Roman soldiers, but only the litter bearing the Christ and his cross can pass over the carpets. |
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| The Centurions march beside the float, and trumpets are sounded at the Station of the Cross. Here the procession stops, and a priest reads a religious message into a microphone. |  |
The main procession takes nearly eight
hours
to wind its way around the cobble-stone
streets...
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