Corpus Christi ( Latin for Body of Christ) is a Western Christian feast. Its purpose is to honour the Eucharist, and as such it does not commemorate a particular event in Jesus' life. It is held on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
Corpus Christi is primarily celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church, but it is also included in the calendar of a few Anglican churches, most notably the Church of England.
Corpus Christi is a public holiday in some traditionally Catholic countries including amongst others Austria, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, East Timor, parts of Germany, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, parts of Spain and Switzerland, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The festival has a particular resonance for Spain and Portugal, and countries in Latin America. In Seville the festival was known as 'the Thursday that shines greater than the sun'.
In such countries the festival is popular and elaborate. The triumphal nature of the celebration is acted out by treating the sacred host almost as if it were a military hero returning in victory from the wars - the host may be carried on a cart (representing a chariot) through crowds and beneath triumphal arches erected for the event.
Historically, the festival was accompanied by music, dancing and fireworks.
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Wooooo ...the procession seems nice to join , i like those costumes .So every church in Portugal host special procession on this day ?
Yeah, and even in Fatima...but i've never been to one, so not sure how they look
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