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Covid claims centuries-old Indonesian Holy Week festival Semana Santa celebration on Flores is called off for a second straight year because of the pandemic Each Good Friday, the statue of Baby Jesus is placed on a wooden boat to be taken to meet Mother Mary as part of the Semana Santa festival in Larantuka, Indonesia. (Photo: Melkhior Koli Baran) A centuries-old Indonesian Holy Week celebration will not be observed for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus still gripping the country.  Bishop Fransiskus Kopong Kung of Larantuka said the decision not to celebrate the 500-year-old Semana Santa festival in the city on Catholic-majority Flores island was reached during a recent meeting of priests, lay groups, local government officials and health workers.

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