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  • The Easter morning procession in Ouro Preto, Brazil follows a 1 kilometer route decorated in a colorful sawdust carpet, or tapete.

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Tapetes: Building sawdust carpets for Easter procession in Brazil
Easter Sunday procession in Ouro Preto, Brazil recreates salvation history
Ouro Preto, Brazil marks Holy Week with daily processions, events
Women in Yap dance at Easter for the 'Light that lights up the world'
Salubong welcomes Risen Christ Easter morning in the Philippines
Holy Week, Easter take on penitential tone in the Philippines
Romania's Lenten rituals include straw man's burial and Easter basket blessings
Seville's streets flooded with 60 processions throughout Holy Week
Holy Week in Ukraine: Willow Sunday, liturgies, Easter basket blessings and Bright Week

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