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Pan American Sport Organization

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Prosper Area Soccer Organization

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Provincial Arts Service Organization

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Pan American Symphony Orchestra

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Personal Assistant Search Optimization

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Personal Assistant Search Optimisation

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Pilipino American Student Organization

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Pre Award Support Office

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Proyecto de Acción de los Suburbios del Oeste

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Proyecto de Apoyo Superando Obstaculos

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Paso
A Paso (Spanish: "Episode of the Passion of Christ") is an elaborate float made for religious processions. They are carried by porters on staves, like a litter or sedan chair, and are usually followed or escorted by a band. Some have long skirts that cover the bearers entirely, giving the impression that the statue is floating on its own power. The porters are called costaleros, cargadores or portadores and their leader is called a capataz ("Foreman" or "Head Man"). The capataz sets the chicotá, the period of time between a paso being lifted and set down again; the costaleros cannot pick up or set down the paso except by his leave. This is signalled by the llamador ("crier"), a knocker on the front of the float. During Semana Santa ("Holy Week", the week preceding Easter Sunday) the custom is to make pasos adorned with large wooden statues of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, saints and biblical personalities from the Passion.

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