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Outside Santa Maria Maggiore at Ipsica

Outside Santa Maria Maggiore at Ipsica

Holy Thursday procession at Ipsica, amid raised hands in salute and shouts of "tua, tua, tua!, (Perpetua) the confrati prepare to take the statute of Christ chained to a column in the parade through the town.

The Confrati entering Santa Maria Maggiore At the Front Ispica Easter Procession Touching the Relic Outside Santa Maria Maggiore at Ipsica Ispica Easter Procession Ispica Easter Procession Procession at Enna The Procession in Enna Cross and Young Confrato Flying Members of two different Confraternite Two Girls Waiting Lighting of the Candles Goia!, Goia!, Goia! The Procession Begins Turning the Statue Into the Crowd Nightime Procession