Leaves from a lladeira Garden 



being carried on biers. Not only the brothers 

 of the order take part in it, but many penitents 

 and devotees. At present the procession takes 

 place at the village of Camara de Lobos. It 

 was formerly celebrated with great zeal at 

 Funchal. Among the images carried are those 

 of Our Lord on the way to Calvary, of 

 S. Roque, Sta. Lucia, Sta. Bona, S. Antonio 

 de Noto,* S. Louis of France, S. Henrique 

 de Dacia, and Sta. Izabel, Queen of Portugal. 



Procession " dos Passos,' of the way to Cahary. — 

 This takes place on the Fourth Sunday in Lent, 

 to commemorate the raising of the Cross. It 

 is promoted by the Fraternity " do Senhor dos 

 Passos," established at the Collegio Church. 

 The fine images of Our Lord on the way to 

 Calvary and of Our Lady of Solitude are 

 carried. The civil, military, and ecclesiastical 

 authorities, with the clergy, penitents, devotees, 

 and members of the confraternity take part in 

 the procession. A similar procession takes place 

 at S. Roque, S. Antonio, S. Martinho, Camara de 



* Santo Antonio de Noto is a black, and perhaps his image is 

 a survival of the times when there were negro slaves in whom 

 (levotion might be stimulated by the representation of a saint of 

 their own colour. 



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