| Todos Santos - Semana Santa 2003 |
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Semana Santa is Mexico's second most important holiday, behind only Christmas, and runs from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. Todos Santos celebrated Semana Santa, or the resurrection of Christ, on Saturday, April 19, 2003 with mass, a sermon, fireworks, song, and the unveiling of a life size painting of Jesus Christ donated by local artist Jill Logan. The event took place at the church, and was attended many town residents, totaling several thousand. The two hour service began at 8pm and ended about 10pm. |
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Semana Santa 2003 was attended by several thousand local residents of Todos Santos |
The fireworks display lit up the sky. |
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The life size painting of Jesus Christ was painted by local artist Jill Logan. |
The ceremony was at the local church in Todos Santos, and lasted for 2 hours.. |
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Todos Santos is home to artists, writers, surfers, and organic farmers. It was settled by Jesuit Padres as a farming community and mission in 1724, to supply the mission community of La Paz with fruits, vegetables, wine, and sugar cane
Anglo whalers visited Todos Santos in 1849, calling the little town "an oasis" with "friendly and intelligent" people. After the mission era, Todos Santos thrived as the Baja sugar cane capitol, with 8 sugar cane mills during it's peak in the 1800's. Sugar prices later dropped after WWII, and all but one sugar cane mill closed after the largest fresh water spring dried up in 1950. The last mill closed in 1965, although small household operations continued through the early 1970's.
The town began to fade, but came back to life again when the road from San Pedro to Cabo San Lucas was paved in the mid 1980's, linking Todos Santos to La Paz and Cabo San Lucas.
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