Procession de la Sanch, the Good Friday procession in Perpignan

South of France. Every Good Friday, « penitents » dressed in black or in red file out of the church Saint-Jacques de Perpignan and cross the city over several hours. Created originally in 1416, this procession of brothers had the mission of accompanying the condemned to their execution. Today, this procession celebrates more the Passion of Christ and remains one of the most moving, spectacular events in Roussillon, in which the sacred and the profane are very close.

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