From my experience, holy week not only means remaining Jesus’s death and sacrifice for humanity but also customs and traditions. This celebration has become an international event and for Peruvians, at least, it implies different things for the four days of Holy Week. In the first day, people buy special plants, the same ones mentioned in the Holy Bible when Jesus entered Jerusalem for the first time and everyone was thrilled because they thought he was going to be the new king as stated in predictions. The next day, people commemorate the last dinner that Jesus had with his disciples and during this night, some people eat bread without yeast and wine grape and some others eat fish every single day and night that Holy Week lasts. Other people even recreate the scene when Jesus washes the feet of each of his disciples. I must say that this last religious ritual is part of the Holy Week celebration in my religion of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. For Saturday, people simply rest for the whole day because it remains Jesus’s death and peace must be hold everywhere. Finally, Sunday is the day of glory because Jesus came alive again and showed his power towards death this way.

The connection I’m able to see through this celebration with environment is the fact that people try to consume vegetables, fish instead of chicken or pork and some people even fast these days because our body belongs to God and it must be sacred, at least, for this important commemoration. There aren’t many movements in the downtown and city like a normal day because in some countries, this whole week is considered holiday and everyone rests from work or school. This is not only an opportunity for people to rest but also for nature because it helps environment and ecosystems to recover even though it’s only for four days. A good thing about this event is that it’s celebrated annually so that it allows earth to breathe and feel the reduction of human activity. There are many other relevant dates that are connected to this fact but it’s worth mentioning that we are in the month of April and that this celebration doesn’t go unnoticed neither for humans nor for the earth.