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Example sentences for: penitentes

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Journalism about Los Hermanos Penitentes has been sensationalistic, with lengthy descriptions of their Semana Santa rituals, especially when Anglo Americans migrated to New Mexico during the late nineteenth century.
Los Penitentes cared for the sick, arranged funerals, and conducted the religious rituals associated with wakes.
She is found in the death cart of the Penitentes, in the form of a skeleton sitting and carrying a bow and arrow.
The Penitentes of New Mexico were known to sing alabados during Lenten rituals, Holy Week processions, and other religious ceremonies.
See also La Carreta de la Muerte; Doña Sebastiana; La Llorona; Los Penitentes