The Red Cross usually sees a spike in requests for assistance during the holiday but this year’s death count alarmed officials even after the first weekend of the Easter vacation. The number of people the Red Cross attended to this year was more than twice that of last year.
As part of Costa Rica's Easter Holy Week activities, the Church of Santo Domingo de Heredia on Tuesday held an annual procession that featured kids as leading actors.
The weekend of Palm Sunday, on March 29, is the unofficial start to spring break in Costa Rica. School lets out for the Easter holiday and those with vacation time head to the beach. Unfortunately, the weekend signaled an unusually deadly start to the festivities.
Due to the high volume of holiday vacationers, raucous beach parties and drunk driving accidents usually accompany the deeply religious processions and church services of Semana Santa; this year, was no exception.
Thousands of Guatemalan Catholics broke their own Guinness record for the world's longest sawdust carpet Thursday with a multi-colored masterpiece stretching down the main avenue of the capital's historic center.
Hundreds gathered in Parque Central Friday morning to watch the Good Friday procession in front of Metropolitan Cathedral. The procession was made up of members of the Catholic clergy and reenacters who performed the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth.
