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Our Good Friday trip in southeastern Cebu was capped with the procession in Carcar where we waited primarily for the gilded and huge carroza of the Santo Intierro. And it was a spectacle.

The antique image of the Santo Intierro in Carcar borne on a huge and well decorated carroza.

Nun during the procession

Men accelerate to pull the carroza of the Santo Intierro as it goes up the hill to the church.

The people start to get the flowers of the carroza as it stops infront of the church.

Paying their respects for the dead Christ's image inside the church after the procession.

Good Friday is the highlight of the Holy Week and because of these, people come in droves to churches. Argao in Cebu is no exception. Before the Good Friday night procession, there are lots of activities inside the church starting with the via crucis/visita iglesia in the morning and afternoon, the Good Friday mass and finally, the kissing of the cross where many people line up.

Doing the via crucis inside the church

People doing the via crucis. The gilded, unfortunately, centuries old retablo in the background.

Confessions at the sacristy

After the Good Friday mass, people lined up to kiss the cross.

Pre procession activity inside the church.

The faithful attending the Good Friday activities just before the procession

Amidst historic buildings built in the 19th century, the faithful spill over to the open courtyard and outside spaces during the solemn Good Friday mass, one of the most important activities of Semana Santa (Holy Week).