{"id":188495,"date":"2022-04-11T00:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T18:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=188495"},"modified":"2022-04-11T00:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T18:35:11","slug":"mizoram-celebrates-palm-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/04\/11\/mizoram-celebrates-palm-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Mizoram celebrates Palm Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aizawl, Apr 10 (PTI) Mizoram celebrated Palm Sunday amid festive fervour with children taking out processions in different parts of the state early morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chants of &#8216;Hosanna&#8217; echoed towns and villages as people commemorated the entry of Christ into Jerusalem on the last Sunday before his crucifixion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Special prayer services were held in the churches of different Christian denominations across the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With devotees engaging in mass, singing hymns and offering prayers, Aizawl wore a deserted look as only a few vehicles were seen on the roads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Locally known as &#8216;Tumkau Ni&#8217;, Palm Sunday could not be celebrated in 2020 due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although worship services and prayers were held to mark the day in 2021, children could not take out processions, except a few places in Aizawl and some villages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Processions by children carrying palm leaves, chanting &#8216;Hosanna&#8217;, is an integral part of the Palm Sunday celebrations in Christian-majority Mizoram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aizawl, Apr 10 (PTI) Mizoram celebrated Palm Sunday amid festive fervour with children taking out processions in different parts of the state early morning. Chants of &#8216;Hosanna&#8217; echoed towns and villages as people commemorated the entry of Christ into Jerusalem on the last Sunday before his crucifixion. Special prayer services were held in the churches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-188495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}