[Leica] IMG: Good Friday in Alicante

[Don Dory]

Good documentation of life getting back to normal.   Seeing your son in
person twice in under a year,  how wonderful.

On Sun, May 1, 2022, 5:21 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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:
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> https://www.greatpix.eu/Viernes-Santo-2022/
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> 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
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
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