Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice people images, and colorful ceremonial details. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 4/15/2017 1:43 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I apologise if I am spamming you with images, but it has just been a > photographically rich couple of weeks. Easter is a big deal here in Spain, > for many reasons: several days off (Friday and Monday are holidays here), > the traditional onset of beach weather in this part of the country, and of > course the religious significance. There are processions every day > beginning with Palm Sunday and ending Easter Sunday. In previous years, I > have gone to the grand finale on Sunday, but this year I decided to go to > the Good Friday procession which tends to me more somber than the Sunday > one. There were actually four different processions yesterday. The one I > chose was Nuestra Se?ora de la Soledad, starting around 8:30 pm from one > of the Alicante?s two main churches, Bas?lica de Santa Maria, and lasting > for 3 hours or so. I just hung around for the beginning, and the passage > through a cozy little square a couple of hundred metres down the road. > This little gallery of 33 images will give you an idea of what it looks > like in our part of Spain: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/Viernes-Santo-2017/ > > I always find it deliciously ironic that I, an agnostic Jew, go to see > these processions every year while my Catholic wife stays at home?she > dislikes big crowds. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >