Sundays are a good day for funerals. This particular Sunday we encountered three of them. The entourage fills the streets and traffic must wait. If you get behind one of these parades, you may be a half hour or more just going a few meters.

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Balloon, bands, lots of umbrellas. Often, as in this case, the deceased’s name is on their T-shirts. The casket is usually on top of the hearse or inside.

There is a strong Catholic cultural influence wherever you go. On Palm Sunday there are bus loads of people crowded around carrying palm leaves. [Taken last year.]


On Easter it is even more congested. Notice the line of cars ahead of us, up the street and around the corner. [Taken last year.]

Eventually we arrive at the chapel. Usually the chapel is the most impressive building in the neighborhood.

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