Quito Good Friday processions of Cucuruchos, the brotherhoods of penitents whose uniform dates back to the Inquisition. During Holy Week people from all walks of life, assemble to make a public display of religious fervour. The Cucurucho dress of a conical hat and purple robes, helps anonymity, some re-enact the procession of Christ, dragging heavy wooden crosses and wearing crowns of thorns including ones made of barbed wire. Others self-flagellate, carrying heavy chains in bare feet along the steep streets of old Quito.
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