[Leica] IMG: Good Friday in Alicante

[Nathan Wajsman]

The long flight across the Atlantic the other day gave me time to finally process my images from Semana Santa. This year was the first time since Easter 2019 that the usual processions could take place, and this was something that many people really anticipated. These celebration are a mix of religious devotion and local tradition (and fiesta), I suspect that for many people the latter aspect is more important than the former. Certainly this is the case for me.

This year, I went to the centre in the evening of Good Friday, the most important part of Easter week since this was the day of the crucifixion, arguably the most important day in the Christian calendar. I took the tram to the city, knowing that parking and driving would be a major challenge, and indeed it was even more crowded than in a normal year. I went early, and so the first part of the gallery is in colour, but once darkness fell and the processions began, I switched to B&W because I think those images are better that way. A gallery of about 40 images is here:

https://www.greatpix.eu/Viernes-Santo-2022/

Regarding the headgear, my son (who lives in New Jersey and whom I will see on Tuesday) had this comment: “This is the time of year when everyone looks at Spain and asks WTF?”  

Comments welcome and appreciated as always.

Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

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