Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week, which is the last week of the 40-day Lenten season.
It is the highlight of the religious observance that retells the life, passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as He fulfilled the Father’s will to save mankind from sin through Him.
People laid out palm branches on the road as Jesus rode into Jerusalem, thus the name Palm Sunday. So, the modern day observance of Palm Sunday sees churchgoers buying palm branches from vendors, who fold and twist and cut the leaves to form different designs, and at an appointed time and on cue during the Mass, altogether wave the palm branches to welcome Jesus .
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