page_title: Passion Play
section_title: Brazil
hierarchical_section_title: Passion Play / Modern performances of the Passion Play / Brazil
caption_attribution_description: Português: Nova Jerusalém (Pernambuco), Brasil. Fórum de Pilatos.
context_page_description: The Passion Play or Easter pageant is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ: his trial, suffering and death. It is a traditional part of Lent in several Christian denominations, particularly in Catholic tradition.
  Many Passion Plays historically encouraged antisemitism by blaming Jews collectively for the death of Jesus and led to pogroms and other violent acts against Jewish communities, especially in Europe.
context_section_description: The Passion of the Christ is performed every year during Easter, in a purpose-built 100,000-square-metre (1,100,000 sq ft) theatre-city in the arid backlands of Pernambuco, in northeastern Brazil. It is considered to be the largest open-air theatre in the world. Thousands of visitors arrive every year to watch the performance; over 500 actors appear on the nine separate stages within the stone walls of the New Jerusalem city-theatre.
caption: Roman Forum stage, in New Jerusalem
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