Post 9:Palm Sunday in Enna

  We slept late, and din't find out till afternoon that Spring  Time Change had taken place during the night, so we missed all the morning processions... No worry, there were plenty left to see... Though with a dozen different Brotherhoods processioning from different churches along different routes all over a town maze, it isn't always easy to catch them...
   After some coaching from our host, we finally managed to find the departure point for the BIG 5 o'clock procession, and followed it up the narrow streets all the way to the Cathedral. You have to kind stay ahead  at first. Once you stop and watch the Penitents, the big float with the statue of Christ and the band go by, your only choice is to run up the sides street till you get ahead to see it go by again... We managed to do that a few times, following the locals: 
                         http://youtu.be/sLqnbjEOhnU

     It takes close to 100 men to carry the heavy float,, walking together with a wide swag at the beat of the Funeral music played by the following marching band, guided with ropes:

 and they are packed tight as sardines:

   They are now in the last stretch, and Christ has been lit, as it's getting late:

    Everybody is waiting on the steps of the cathedral:

   Getting the huge float up into the Cathedral takes a special maneuver, all the bearers turning around so Christ goes in facing out:

 and the float goes up the steep steps leaning at times a good bit left or right:

    Dropping Christ is out of the question...