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Spanish Youth Keep Vibrant Holy Week Processions Alive

Penitents from the 'Cofradia de Jesus del Via Crucis' brotherhood take part in a procession in Zamora (Credit: AFP)

Clad in a traditional white tunic and purple sash, four-year-old Thiago could barely contain his excitement before taking part as a drummer in a Spanish Easter procession thronged by thousands.

He and other members of the younger generations belie the belief that the elderly are custodians of the centuries-old rite, defying a secular trend in the historically Catholic country.

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