Continuing centuries-old traditions

1 Every year, thousands will attend Holy Week at St Peter’s Church in Malacca. –filepic2 Parishioners during the Way of the Cross procession at St Peter’s Church. –filepic

MALACCA: St Peter’s Church along Jalan Pengkalan Rama here will once again be the focal point during the coming Holy Week religious celebrations from March 20 to 27.

For over five centuries, an all-male fraternity called ‘Irmaos de Igreja’ has been accorded sole guardianship of Holy Week rituals, ceremonies and processions at the church.