[Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 15: Santa Faz aftermath and a backyard BBQ

[Nathan Wajsman]

Not so much happening in mid-April, a hiatus between the trip to Paris the preceding week and upcoming trips to Denmark and London later in the month. But this week was just about work and home activities, punctuated by a local holiday on Thursday, Santa Faz. It is a strictly Alicante holiday (so, all shops etc. are open normally in the suburb where I live because we are in the neighbouring municipality El Campello which does not celebrate this holiday). Santa Faz is called this because of a relic housed in a local monastery, a piece of cloth allegedly used to wipe Jesus’s face when he was on the cross, and a related 16th century miracle. A major thoroughfare is closed, and a huge procession (more than 330,000 people this year) walks the 7-8 km from the cathedral in the centre to the Santa Faz monastery, not far from my house. Traditionally, a big part of the procession were teenagers pushing shopping carts full of booze and munchies. After the end of the procession they would walk another couple of km to the beach and party there the rest of the day. However, a few years ago the city clamped down on this “botellón”, even frisking people’s backpacks to ensure that no booze was smuggled to the beach, and of course no shopping carts anymore either. Instead, a “fiesta 0.0%” is organised on the beach, with music and various alcohol-free activities, although undoubtedly some people do manage to get their hooch past the police and in any event, the bars along the beach promenade are open normally. So in the afternoon I went to the beach to have a look. 

Besides Santa Faz, we had a bbq at our house on Sunday afternoon with the usual small group of friends and way more food than we could possibly eat, even with help from Balu, a cute greedy four-legged visitor. It is all here:

https://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4304 <https://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4304>

And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.

Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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