A tradition 400 years old
Holy Week Processions in Mendrisio inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. These processions represent the Passion of Christ and are the bearers of a living tradition which, handed down from generation to generation, is expressed through the creation of lamps and illuminated transparencies: translucent paintings mounted on wooden frames.
The processions take place on Holy Thursday and Good Friday through Mendrisio’s narrow streets, which are bathed solely in the soft, atmospheric light of the trasparenti, large translucent canvas paintings portraying episodes from the Gospel and Old Testament. We talk about the history and the elaborate organization of the procession with Gabriele Ponti, President of the Board of Trustees of the Fondazione Processioni Storiche di Mendrisio and for many years very actively associated with the Mendrisio processions.
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