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Corpus Christi

Whole streets carpeted with flower petals, dyed sawdust and coloured salt, laid for one procession and gone by evening.

A procession of the Blessed Sacrament during the first Annual Southeastern Eucharistic Congress in Charlotte, North Carolina , USA.
Photo: Fennec ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The colours of Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi is a Catholic feast in honour of the Eucharist. The consecrated bread is carried through the streets under a canopy, and towns lay a path for it. In La Orotava in Tenerife the streets are covered with pictures made of flower petals, and the town square with a great design in coloured volcanic sand. In Spycimierz in Poland villagers lay about two kilometres of flower carpet. In Brazilian towns the tapetes are made of dyed sawdust, coffee grounds, salt and bottle tops. All are made in a few hours and walked over the same day. Vestments are white and gold. In Cusco in Peru, fifteen saints are carried from their parishes in embroidered robes. Children in white scatter petals.

#D2283APetal redRose and geranium petals in the street carpets.
#F4C430Petal yellowBroom and marigold petals.
#2E6FBFDyed sawdust blueColoured sawdust in Brazil’s carpets.
#D4AF37Monstrance goldThe gold vessel carried in procession.
#FFFFFFProcession whiteVestments and children’s dresses.

Values are fair approximations, not official shades.

Read about the colours

GoldVestments and the monstrance.WhiteLiturgical colour of the feast.RedPetals.
About this page

Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "Feast of Corpus Christi" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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