Some Christians observe the day by participating in or watching processions re-enacting Jesus' journey to the site of his crucifixion while carrying his cross.
Many Christians also mark Good Friday by participating in or watching processions meant to replicate the journey that Jesus took through the streets of Jerusalem while carrying his cross to the site of his crucifixion at Calvary.
On his days off, he wandered the grounds, bumping into tourists and stopping to watch funeral processions (there are 1,000 burials and 2,500 cremations a year).
On Good Friday, you can watch church processions in many towns, such as the one in Chieti in Abruzzo, which is accompanied by Selecchi's "Miserere," performed with 100 violins.
According to José Antonio, tourists and families that come to Seville from all over Spain normally rent balconies to watch the processions.
Veena Tandon, her friend Priya Goyal, and their families were there to watch the procession.
"They let us out to watch the procession go down the hill to the cemetery," he said yesterday.
In both cases the occupants had taken to the streets to watch the procession of Liverpool fans.
I watch a procession of one group of very solemn visitors circling the monuments silently clutching model skulls crafted from crystal – praying for the end of days.
The last time the 500m carpet was unrolled, for the world premiere of The Return of the King in 2003, about 120,000 people came to watch the procession.
7 and 14 at 7 p.m. attract more than a half-million spectators to watch the procession of brightly lighted floats, clowns and marching bands.
