(7 Apr 2012) NIGHT SHOTS
1. Various of participants getting dressed and making preparations ahead of procession
2. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Carlos Orlando, organiser:
"We don't have an exact date about (the starting of) this procession of the 'Burial of the Lord' but we have some documents that prove this procession started between the end of the fifteenth century and beginning of the sixteenth century."
3. Mid of Orlando talking with pilgrims dressed as soldiers before procession
4. Pan across girls dressed as angels, looking at figure of Jesus
5. Close-up of torch flame, man in background listening to priest before start of procession
6. Various of man carrying cross during procession, pilgrims carrying torches
7. Mid of boy holding lit torch watching procession
8. High shot of pilgrims carrying candles during procession
9. Various of covered figure of Jesus being carried
10. Wide of young people holding torches in street
11. Tilt up from drums to pilgrims dressed as soldiers playing drums
12. Walking shot of pilgrim carrying candle and people watching
13. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Marta Silva, pilgrim:
"This walk, in silence, in the darkness, makes me think about the course of my life, since I was born until now."
14. Various of girls dressed as angels taking part in procession
15. Various high shots of musicians playing during procession
16. High shot of pilgrims carrying candles and entering walled city
17. Mid of young people carrying torches
18. Mid of penitents entering St. Peters church
19. Pan across Virgin figure being carried into church
STORYLINE:
Around 500 people took part in a torch light procession in the Portuguese village of Obidos on Good Friday.
With lights switched off, the streets were illuminated by dozens of torches and candles carried by penitents.
The pilgrims, dressed as Roman soldiers, Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalena, carried a cross and a figure of Jesus as they passed through the streets of the medieval walled village, 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of the capital Lisbon.
Children dressed in purple clothing and represented angels.
"This walk, in silence, in the darkness, makes me think about the course of my life, since I was born until now," said Marta Silva, who followed the procession with her husband and baby.
Records of Holy Week celebrations in Obidos date back to the 15th century.
"We don't have an exact date about (the starting of) this procession of the 'Burial of the Lord,'" said organiser Carlos Orlando.
"But we have some documents that prove this procession started between the end of the 15th century and beginning of the 16th century."
The 'Burial of the Lord' procession is just one of the thousands of ceremonies held annually across Portugal during Easter time.
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