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Good Friday Processions in Malta are a sombre commemoration of the Passion of Christ. Onlookers are reminded of the biblical accounts with several locals dressed in elaborate period costumes and various statues being carried through the village by devotees, followed by hooded men in chains and accompanied by funeral marches... in all, a special occasion to be appreciated even by the non-religious. Good Friday Processions will be held on 25th March this year in various towns and villages Good Friday and Easter are celebrated in Malta in a liturgical and ceremonially prominent manner. On Palm Sunday, one week before Easter, one may assist to the liturgical rites that usher in Holy Week. On Thursday evening and Friday morning, churches have their paintings draped over in purple or black velvet. The Maltese folk turn out in their thousands to visit and pray in seven different churches as traditionally observed. On Good Friday, late afternoon, some 17 different towns and villages commemorate the Passion of the Christ by an organised and very solemn procession of statues. Each of these statues represents a particular episode in the Passion of the Christ and is carried by pallbearers. Between one statue and another (some ten in all) participants are dressed as biblical characters who take part in the procession in a dignified manner. Many processions include men in penitence bearing a cross and sometimes dragging chains as well tied to their bare feet as penitence.
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