The Lenten Season

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Here in the Philippines a lot of traditional activities are done during the Holy Week. There are some who visit churches and stay there for vigil, there are some who sing about the passion of Christ which we call "pabasa", there are those who carry the cross in a procession and then have themselves nailed to their crosses. I always remember watching religious movies on TV. There's also the Way of the Cross where people join the procession and stop at every station and pray. There's the Visita Iglesia where we went to 7 different churches and prayed in one night and we walked all the way til we got home later. It was fun because there were many of us so we didn't notice the distance and it wasn't very tiring. On Easter we would go to mass early in the morning. There's the easter egg hunt which I experienced only recently. A lot of Filipinos would also go swimming on Easter Sunday. What about you? What traditions do you have in your country? Which traditions do you and your family follow?