Demonstration Event Spring Festival

Easter is the most important Christian holiday, and every region celebrates it in its own way. In the Ticino village of Mendrisio, for example, Easter processions with hundreds of participants take place on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. In the small town of Romont, in the canton of Fribourg, the ceremony of the 'Pleureuses', the wailing women, is still performed each year. It dates back to the 15th century. Black-veiled women follow a girl representing the Virgin Mary through the town's streets, accompanied acoustically by liturgical chants and prayers.