Ani­ka Gumbs-San­di­ford

Tears streamed down the faces of many, oth­ers wailed in an­guish as the cru­ci­fix­ion of Je­sus Christ came to life at St Michael's RC Church, Mara­cas, St Joseph. Moth­ers clutch­ing their ba­bies, fa­thers, grand­par­ents, some in wheel­chairs, turned out in their num­bers yes­ter­day to wit­ness His death re-en­act­ed. Je­sus' cru­el three-hour jour­ney com­menced at 4.30 am at Acono Junc­tion, led by Parish Priest Fr Ger­ard Tang Choon and lead di­rec­tor Di­anne Nar­ine.

Ro­man sol­diers armed with swords and dressed in full bat­tle gear, kept a close watch on Je­sus, who was por­trayed by Justin Ram­paul. Af­ter the re-en­act­ment, wor­ship­pers were treat­ed to the tra­di­tion­al hot cross buns sym­bol­is­ing the cru­ci­fix­ion. The cross rep­re­sents the cru­ci­fix­ion and the shape of the bun rep­re­sents the rock that was re­moved from the front of the Christ tomb when he was res­ur­rect­ed on East­er Sun­day.