Just before the days of the Passion, Jesus is acclaimed as the Savior, the Messiah, by a great crowd in Jerusalem. Despite this, he does not lose his humility, entering the Holy City not as a king with his retinue, but on a donkey, surrounded only by his disciples and common folk.

This scene recreates the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, where he is welcomed by the crowd with palms and shouts of “Hosanna.” Fragile leaves of laurel, olive, and palm delicately fill their hands, and the eyes of the multitude shine with a joy that gives wings to their feet.

The entrance of the participants is spectacular, coming from all the paths that lead to the square, transporting us to the paradise of time. The Hosanna rings out clearly, rising to the heavens, propelled by a polyphony that invents the infinite of love.

The Palm Sunday Scene

The young girls and boys are the true protagonists of the scene, held by the hands of parents, grandparents, or other participants swept up in the emotion of the most participatory moment of the Passion. They fill the space with the vivid colors of their garments: gold, rose-tinted sand, deep blues, earthy browns, and soft greens...

The Samaritan Woman

This scene tells the story of the conversion of a woman of dissolute life. Jesus sits to rest near Jacob's well in Samaria. The Samaritan woman arrives to draw water, and Jesus politely asks her for a drink. Not only does she refuse, but she also cruelly mocks this bold Jew. Jesus reveals Himself to her as the promised Messiah and calls out her wayward life. Ashamed, the Samaritan woman begs for mercy. Jesus forgives her and blesses her.

The Last Supper

In this scene, Jesus bids farewell to his disciples and to his public life during the sacrificial meal of Passover. At this supper, He shares bread and wine with the twelve apostles and foretells the betrayal and suffering He is about to endure. Jesus offers Himself as the sacrificial victim for the redemption of humanity through the institution of the Eucharist, and He prophesies His imminent death, met with disbelief by the apostles.

The Sanhedrin

This scene depicts the betrayal of Jesus. The supreme court of wise rabbis, the Sanhedrin, seeks to eliminate the threat posed by the troublemaker who proclaims Himself the new Messiah. They make a deal with Judas to capture Jesus. Judas Iscariot betrays the Master by selling to the priests of the Sanhedrin the location where Jesus is hiding with only a few companions. The rabbis immediately accept the arrangement and set in motion the capture of Jesus, who from this moment on already has His fate sealed.

Immediately after the scene of the Sanhedrin, during which Jesus is sentenced to death, the Dance of Death makes its appearance in the square. Like a premonition of what is to come, the five dancers make a solemn entrance, crossing the square from one end to the other.

The Dance of Death

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THE DANCE OF DEATH

After the Dance of Death, the scene of the Garden of Gethsemane is enacted. Jesus is shown in prayer among the olive trees in Gethsemane. He is accompanied by the apostles Peter, John, and James, who are peacefully asleep nearby, while he endures the anguish of his imminent death.

An angel appears to him, announcing the Passion he is about to suffer. Once resigned to his fate, Jesus steps forward of his own will to the group of Jews who have come to arrest him. Struck by his bravery, they fall back in astonishment.

Pontius Pilate

Once Jesus is condemned to crucifixion, the cross is raised above the platform. The scene ends with great emotional intensity as the Jews place the cross on Christ’s shoulders, forcing him to carry it along the Via Dolorosa, amid harsh insults, beatings, and mockery.

This tableau marks the conclusion of the Passion play in the Main Square.

THE SQUARE PERFORMANCE

Once condemned to crucifixion, the cross is raised above the platform. The scene reaches a powerful emotional climax as the Jews place the cross on Christ's shoulders and parade him along the Via Dolorosa amid harsh insults, assaults, and mockery. This tableau marks the conclusion of the Passion play performed in the Main Square.

And immediately after, the Procession through the streets