The Hanged Man of the Cliff

     

    "Many years ago, on the old road that goes from La Concha to Masaya, some musicians were coming back from playing in the procession of the Holy Burial on a Good Friday. They were heading in a cart at midnight, and as they passed by a large cliff that was on the road, they saw a man hanging from a tree. He was dressed in the clothing of the time of the Romans and Jews. It caught their attention that the man was struggling with his body, wriggling and groaning while hanging from his neck as if he were being hanged. They decided to go and save him, but when they climbed the large cliff, the man and the tree were no longer there. Everyone exclaimed in fear that the man they saw hanging was Judas, the one who betrayed Jesus." Excerpt taken from Anecdotes of Holy Week Written by Bayardo Ortiz Pérez - El Nuevo Diario April 9, 2011