 y Pascua de Santa María de Paradela. It has grown in popularity with time and is now one of the most well-known and prestigious traditional festivals of the region of O Salnés. More than a hundred people organise the different events that take place during the festivities, most of them members of the festival confraternity. The theatre performances take place outdoors and are very well staged.
Trivia Starting from Palm Sunday, there are scenes from the Passion of Christ, the Last Supper, the Arrest of Jesus, the Denial of Saint Peter, the Trial of Jesus, the Via Crucis, the Descent from the Cross and the Resurrection Sunday, in which young children are the focus of the performance.
All actors participating in the performance are from the area and their hard work makes it a magical moment that transports visitors to where Jesus was tried and executed, all thanks to the costumes, dialogue and staging set in the Roman period.
Origin and history The exact date the festival started to be celebrated in this unique way is unknown. People were not satisfied with hearing about what was read from the Sacred Scriptures, they wanted to represent it. Their objective was twofold: annually reviving the Passion of Jesus and bringing a larger congregation to see the performances with their own eyes.
The tradition dates from the 18th century, as there is evidence of a statue of Christ which is thought to have been acquired for the event. At first only the Descent from the Cross was performed, which was very popular and took place inside the parish church. Actors followed the words of the priest as he read the Passion of Jesus and the tradition has been passed from fathers to their children since then.
Itineraries and main events during its celebration Palm Sunday commemorates the triumphant arrival of Jesus on a donkey, the blessing of palm branches and a procession from Outeiro to the parish church of Paradela.
On Maundy Thursday, after the liturgy in the parish church there are performances of the Last Supper, the Washing of the Feet, the Arrest of Jesus and the Trial of Jesus before Pontius Pilate and Herod.
On Good Friday it continues with the Flagellation and the Via Crucis to the hill of A Croa, followed by the Descent from the Cross and a procession to the parish church of Santa María de Paradela in the afternoon.
Holy Saturday is when the Resurrection Mass takes place in the church and fire and water are blessed.
On Resurrection Sunday there is a performance of the resurrection of Jesus in the atrium of the church, with the participation of children as the angels.
Published on January 18, 2013
The Chebogue schoolhouse, built in 1830, is being moved to Lunenburg County.
CARLA ALLEN PHOTO
Published on January 18, 2013
Students from another era were taught in this one-room schoolhouse in Chebogue.
CARLA ALLEN PHOTO
Published on January 18, 2013
The old Chebogue schoolhouse upstairs. Deterioration is apparent however the new owner says the integrity of the building remains viable. The structure will be dismantled and hauled to Lunenburg County by flatbed this winter.
CARLA ALLEN PHOTO
A one-room schoolhouse that was built nearly two centuries ago will have a new home in Lunenburg County.
Brian Mackay-Lyons, an award-winning architect who grew up in Arcadia has purchased the old Chebogue schoolhouse and plans to dismantle it into whole walls and roof sections.
It will be transported this winter to a farm in Upper Kingsburg, Lunenburg County by flatbed truck then re-erected and restored.
Mackay-Lyons says he bought the building, one of the most memorable from his childhood, because “it needs to be rescued soon or it will be lost.” He has had the building inspected for integrity.
“So far, it is in pretty good shape,” he said. “(But) it will likely cost more to reuse this structure than it would cost to build a new one.”
As an architect, he says, “he admires the pure building as a kind of missing link between domestic scale and public architecture.”
The building will be used partly as a classroom for his international architecture laboratory called Ghost.
The Ghost campus, on MacKay-Lyons’ property received the highest architectural award given by the American Institute of Architects for building design in Washington, DC, last May.
Yarmouth County resident Judi Archibald provided some information on the old schoolhouse through research completed by Linda Campbell and the Registry of Deeds office.
The building was erected in 1830 and was one of the earliest community schools in the county.
It was used for that purpose until 1958 when the Arcadia Consolidated School was opened.
Mackay-Lyons received his Master of Architecture and Urban Design at U.C.L.A., and was awarded the Dean's Award for Design.
After studying in China, Japan, California and Italy he returned to Nova Scotia in 1983.
In 1985 he founded the firm Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture Urban Design in Halifax.
Each summer since 1994, he holds an international summer internship called Ghost. He has given over 180 public lectures on his work internationally.
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