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6/13: On Holy Saturday, the statue of the Pietà, Mary holding the dead and bloodied body of Christ, is carried from the Chiesa del Purgatorio by the confraternity of Santa Maria del Suffragio. #SettimanaSanta#SemanaSanta

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5/13: This is not the only #HolyWeek#SettimanaSanta#SemanaSanta

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4/13: The Deposition group was made by Raffaele Caretta in 1920 of paper mache (cartapesta leccese). It includes Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea, and St John carrying the dead Christ and followed by Mary, Mary Magdalen, Mary Salome, and Mary of Clopas #HolyWeek#SettimanaSanta#SemanaSanta

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1/13: At 2 AM, Holy Thursday morning, as a band plays a funeral march, 44 men of the confraternity of San Rocco at Ruvo di #Puglia#SettimanaSanta#SemanaSanta#HolyWeek

The brightly colored group of lifesize sculptures includes Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea, and St John carrying the dead Christ and followed by Mary, Mary Magdalen, Mary Salome, and Mary of Clopas
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