Sanch Procession

The Procession de la Sanch is an annual ceremony in several towns in the French Catalonia. It is held during Holy Week on Good Friday. Historically, a distinctive peaked, masked robe was used to protect the identity of prisoners being led to their town's annual execution. This practical ceremony intermingled with Christian traditions of Good Friday, and today a long procession of black-robed people are led in silence by the red-robed regidor to the solemn tapping of a tambourine, as part of the Good Friday celebrations.