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Example sentences for: penitentes

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Los Penitentes cared for the sick, arranged funerals, and conducted the religious rituals associated with wakes.
Los Penitentes became a strong institution in rural New Mexico because there were too few Catholic priests to oversee the religious life of the people during the early nineteenth century.
De Cordova, Henderson, Sprott, and Weigle have conducted the most perceptive and sensitive writing on the Penitentes.
Each chapter of the Penitentes has its own morada, which functions as a community center for the members as well as a prayer house and center for religious rituals.
During Holy Week ceremonies Los Penitentes pull the death cart along in their processions.