EL SALVADOR: CATHOLICS IN TEXISTEPEQUE CELEBRATE HOLY WEEK COMMEMORATING JESUS CHRIST'S BATTLE AGAINST SATAN'S DEMONS.

Record ID: 863296

  • Title: EL SALVADOR: CATHOLICS IN TEXISTEPEQUE CELEBRATE HOLY WEEK COMMEMORATING JESUS CHRIST'S BATTLE AGAINST SATAN'S DEMONS.
  • Date: 24th March 2005
  • Summary: (L!2) TEXISTEPEQUE, EL SALVADOR (RECENT) (REUTERS - RENE TOBAR ACCESS ALL) WS: PARTICIPANTS, DRESSED AS DEVILS, LEAVING CHURCH. VARIOUS: PARTICIPANTS DRESSED AS DEMONS WHIPPING OTHERS. VARIOUS: OF PARTICIPANTS AND PEOPLE WHO WERE WHIPPED. (4 SHOTS) SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GUSTAVO FLORES, PARTICIPANT DRESSED AS DEMON, SAYING: "Basically in the tradition, we dramatize the triumph of good over bad. The bad is represented by us, by the 'talciguines,' which means a demonized man. We hit people. At a specific moment, we have a duel with Jesus which you can see on each corner and is dramatized with the good triumphing over the bad." VARIOUS: OF DEVIL DUELLING JESUS AND DEMONS WHIPPING OTHERS. (3 SHOTS) SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) VISITOR JOSE CRUZ, SAYING: "Maybe 20, more or less, but they still haven't hit me." VARIOUS: DEMON WHIPPING PEOPLE. LAS: JESUS CONQUERING THE DEMONS.
  • Embargoed: 8th April 2005 13:00
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  • Location: TEXISTEPEQUE, EL SALVADOR
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  • Country: El Salvador
  • Topics: Quirky,Religion,Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVACHMNKUD94GG6HZYPGKOQCFD32
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  • Story Text: Thousands of Catholics in El Salvador remember Holy Week with a traditional street enactment of the last temptations of Jesus Christ.
    Thousands of Salvadorans celebrated Holy Week with a massive traditional street play commemorating Jesus Christ's battle and defeat against Satan's demons.
    In Texistepeque, 80 km northeast of San Salvador, actors dressed as demons, called 'talciguines' (tahl-see-GEE-ness), swarmed the streets lashing out at other participants with small whips. Each lash takes a sin away, according to the participants.
    "Basically in the tradition, we dramatize the triumph of good over bad. The bad is represented by us, by the 'talciguines,' which means a demonized man. We hit people.
    At a specific moment, we have a duel with Jesus which you can see on each corner and is dramatized with the good triumphing over the bad," said Gustavo Flores.
    The talciguines eventually duel with a man dressed as Jesus Christ who defeats them. The demons then fall to the ground at his feet and he walks over them.
    Following the annual ceremony, the participants return to church where they continue to pray.
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