Station, referring specifically to the fourteen stations of the
cross.
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For six weeks prior to Good Friday, on each Friday
afternoon there is a procession around the plaza. The
people carry the large statue of Christ called the
Nasareno, led by the priest. They stop at fourteen places
around the plaza and pray novenas and chant. On Good
Friday, the procession goes around the entire town,
stopping at fourteen small booths called kapias to
celebrate the fourteen stations of the cross. Some people
believe that beginning with the first station of the cross,
celebrated on the first Friday of the Easter season, people
should not be inside the house at twelve noon because that
is the time when evil people can send out curses which will
affect people staying inside the house.