Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like the story you tell with your photos. Jim Handsfield > On Apr 13, 2018, at 2:09 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > ?Santa Faz? means ?holy face? and is the name of a monastery located on > the outskirts of Alicante, in the neighbouring municipality of San Juan. > It also refers to a relic kept in that monastery since the 15th century, a > piece of the fabric with which Veronica dried the bleeding face of Jesus > on the Way of the Cross. Every year, on the second Thursday after Easter > Sunday, thousands of the city?s residents make the Peregrina de la Santa > Faz pilgrimage, which is Spain?s biggest after the El Roc?o pilgrimage in > Seville. The Santa Faz relic is kept in a special room behind the main > altarpiece and it leaves the monastery once a year, on this occasion. The > day is a public holiday in Alicante, and yesterday I walked/cycled the > route with the pilgrims to document the proceedings. I took a lot of > pictures and will put up a gallery later, but meanwhile here is an > appetiser. > > The pilgrims making their way out of the city. From here, they have about > 5 km to walk: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-hnfMTPT/A > > People have a variety of reasons to participate. For some, it is just a > piece of local tradition which is nice to follow; for others, the > religious content is the main motive; and for the young people, it is an > excuse to go down to the beach afterwards and spend the rest of the day > partying there. That is clearly what these girls plan to do: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4dJHHXk/A > > The goal of the pilgrimage, the square in front of the monastery: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-6WsgFtK/A > > The key moment?the relic is brought outside and placed in a wooden alcove. > Afterwards, Mass is celebrated: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rRC37k4/A > > And a sign of the times. A Christian event with close to 300,000 > participants is a tempting target for terrorists, so the security presence > was far heavier than in any of the 10 years I have lived here. In previous > years, there would be lots of police on hand for crowd control purposes > and to help people who got in trouble, either injuries or intoxication > usually, but this year in addition, there was Guardia Civil with > bulletproof vests and semi-automatic weapons, concrete barriers at > strategic points along the route and other precautions. The event passed > off without incidents. > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-v5Xh7qw/A > > More to come. > > 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