Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice - the mood seems to be celebratory - is there any history in that? Cheers Jayanand On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Santa Faz is both the name of a monastery on the outskirts of Alicante and > of a local holiday. The main event is an 8 km walk starting at 8 a.m. in > the > city's cathedral and ending at the monastery of Santa Faz where a relic--a > piece of cloth allegedly used to wipe Jesus's face while he was on the > cross--is kept. The religious aspect is vastly overshadowed by a general > fiesta held around the event. This year's edition was last Thursday. > > http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Santa-Faz-2011 > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >