Palm Sunday in Pictures - Quito 2014

Palm Sunday is always an important day of the year among Ecuador's predominantly Catholic society. Walking through the streets of Quito today there was a wonderfully vibrant and colourful atmosphere, with music and prayer filling the air. Here are some of the photos we took along the way.

Palm Sunday in Pictures - Quito 2014
A procession of Palm Sunday worshippers walk and sing, following the cross and holding their palm fronds on high, passing the Basilica in Quito.
Bouquets of palm fronds are put together by hand on the street by local sellers, ready to be purchased by worshippers before they go into Mass.
Families choose from a vast array of palm decorations. They are blessed in the churches during Mass then taken back to their homes.
Palm Sunday worhsippers take part in an outdoor Mass service - San Francisco Plaza, Quito.
Palm Sunday worshippers outside San Francisco Chruch in Quito.
Costumes, including the purple attire of the Cucuruchos, which will be used in next week's 'Jesus del Gran Poder' procession.
Along the Street of the Seven Crosses, each cross is decorated with beautiful floral displays as part of Quito's Easter celebrations.
A beautiful red and purple floral display adorns the cross outside Quito's La Compania de Jesus Church.