El Salvador, a Central American country, expects over 170 thousand tourists during Easter holidays, which will contribute an estimated $160 million to the country’s budget, the Minister of Tourism, Morena Valdez, says.
The Holy Week is a catholic cultural tradition, that commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus, and it’s one of the most celebrated in El Salvador. Every catholic country celebrates it differently, but El Salvador does it in its unique way, something that attracts tourists from various parts of the world.
For example, residents of Texistepeque have started the Easter week with an annual tradition with them dressing up as demons and playfully whipping bystanders.
The demons, representing evil, and a man dressed as Jesus act out symbolic scenes, that represent temptation of Christ.
