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Procession Of The Crociferi In Noicattaro

Children accompany the first crucifer with torches and tree frogs in procession to Noicattaro on April 14, 2022. In Noicattaro, on the evening of Holy Thursday, one of the oldest Holy Week rites in Puglia takes place: the procession of the Crociferi. The crucifers are men dressed in black clothes, hoods pulled down on their faces and crown of thorns on their heads who, from the church of the Madonna della Lama, walk barefoot through the streets of the center to visit the altars of the reposition set up in the churches of the city. After the bonfire is lit, the crucifers move in procession followed by torches and tree frogs dragged by the children. These particular tools have the function of remembering the crowd of praetorians who accompanied Jesus on his painful walk towards Pilate. (Photo by Davide Pischettola/NurPhoto)

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