Good Friday in San Miguel

The tourist office told me the procession would start at 11am, so I got to the Jardin in front of the St Michael Archangel church around 10.45 and found a shady spot to sit. Good thing I did because it was at least 12 before anything started to happen.

By that time it was pretty crowded near the church.

First out were the angels, and what a cute lot!

This was the chance for the young san Miguelenses to shine!

Next out were the Romans

And some people carrying crosses

And some poor guy getting a beating

Various wailing women

And Mary of course.

After that there was nothing left but the cleaning up

And then the crowd dispersed to find somewhere to eat lunch. Surprisingly for a Catholic country, there was plenty of meat on the menu, at least where I went!