13/50.- Priory, sunday mass

Religious ceremonies in Jamaica -as almost everything else-- are very different from the ones that take place in other corners of the world. Everything is more fun here, and more serious at the same time.

If you click on the photo you will see a short movie clip. In this video, you will hear the priestess shouting. I guess more people would believe, and go to church on a regular basis, if masses in other countries were as fun as the ones in Jamaica.

But the show does not end with the sermon. After the sermon comes the child choir, then comes the priest, then a small theater play, another sermon, another choir ... The ceremony I attended lasted more than three hours!

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