Good Friday is the day Christians around the world mark the crucifixion of Jesus. For over a century, the people of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn have shown their devotion with a distinctive procession that includes a funeral band, dozens of black-clad women reciting the rosary in Italian, and statues of Jesus and Mary, borne on the shoulders of pallbearers.

It’s a centuries-old custom inherited from immigrants who came to this part of Brooklyn from the island of Sicily, and from the small city of Mola di Bari, Italy.