I misteri, the mysteries

This somber pageant, i misteri is carried out on Good Friday and depicts the Madonna searching for the body of Jesus. Italian immigrants continue this tradition as the statue almost assumes human form. Catholicism is rather strange in it's great number of practices whose biblical foundations are rather vague to non existent. Nevertheless these manifestations of faith create great photo ops. These photos date from the middle seventies and were shot in Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn. All shot on Tri-X with a Leica M-4.