Tickets to the afternoon celebration cost 120 Danish krone, but the fee also covers a morning open air church service, a festival for families and admission to the Lincoln Log Cabin, a cedar log cabin within the park that serves as a museum for the history of the Danish emigrant experience.

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Pope Francis has led services to mark Good Friday as part of the Easter triduum, the Catholic Church's most important festival that recalls Jesus Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.

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The organisers say the festival events over two days will include a parade, a church service and an afternoon of live music.

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And the Catholic church has enjoyed slightly more freedom, most notably in being allowed to take out a street procession for the festival of Cuba's patron saint, the Virgin of Charity, on September 8th, for the first time in 38 years.

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The foundation also implemented the successful rural film festival Arica Nativa, now in its seventh year, with screenings and musical performances held in the restored church and plaza each October.

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