Semana Santa

Semana Santa, the week before Easter, is marked by Honduran holidays. Few Hondurans work on the Thursday, Friday, and Saturday before Easter Sunday, and there are Honduras festivals across the nation to mark the holy week. As the second and third bimester comes to an end, what almost every student tries to focus are their plans for Semana Santa, our own spring break. Semana Santa is a religious tradition, but nowadays people just use it as an excuse to forget all the problems and leave out the stress that life itself may bring.
The beach is the favorite spot for people to relax and enjoy the week. Roatan, Tela and Cortes are the hot spots where not only teens but entire families assist and try to have a good time. Pleasant locations and luxuries hotels prepare themselves with months of anticipation to receive the hundredths of locals and tourist that every year comes to the beach or any other places to forget for a week every responsibility at work and avoid the stress.
One important thing is the lack of responsibilities most adults tend to have problems with. Many people exceed while having fun and drinking excessively causing many problems which affect not only themselves and their families, but also third parties. The police officers do their best labor trying to avoid drunk driving and irresponsible behavior. Another cause of many incidents is at pools or beaches, leading to accidents referring drowning. This is also concerning the poorly behavior during the father’s watch, who don’t worry about their kid’s safety. As in what I’m concern, I believe Semana Santa is a time to enjoy quietly also respecting the religious believes. It is not a time to have too much fun, because of the danger and problems it may cause.
-By J. Morales