Good Friday ('Il-Ġimgħa l-Kbira") is a day of penance, and this is strictly observed through the veneration of the Cross ("is-Salib") and through traditional Good Friday processions in different parishes. Statues representing various scenes from the Passion and Death of Christ, several of them veritable works of art by local artisans, are carried processionally. Figures dressed in Biblical, Roman and Jewish attire also take part, as do the local bands playing funeral marches. It is said that the first procession in Malta was in Rabat and the first one in Gozo was at Victoria (Rabat). Not all of these processions have the same number of statues, the traditional number of statues is 8 but as years went on more statues were introduced. The 8 traditional statues show: Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, The Flagellation (Recent statues of this episode also include one or two Roman Soldiers), Jesus Crowned with thorns otherwise known as the 'Ecce Homo' (Recent statues of this episode include the figure of Pontius Pilate), Jesus Falls Under the cross (Recent statues include the figure of a Roman Soldier), The Veronica (Some even contain the Women of Jerusalem), 'Il-Vara l-Kbira' (The Cruxifixion), The Burial of Christ (2 localities dont have the usual christ in the urn figure but have the Deposition episode) and our Lady of Sorrows. As mentioned earlier, time went on and nowadays there are processions with statues like: The last Supper (Found in Qormi and Zebbug, Gozo), Peter's Denial (Found only in Nadur, Gozo), Jesus meets his Mother (Found in Qormi, Paola and Xagħra, Gozo), Simon the Cyrene helps Jesus with the Cross (Found in Zejtun, Ħaz-Zebbug) The tenth Station (Or Jesus is Undressed to be Crucified, this can only be found in Rabat), Jesus is lowered from the cross (Found only in Qala, Gozo) and The Dead body of Jesus is given to his Mother Mary (Otherwise known as Il-Pieta' this can be found in Zejtun and Qormi).