Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Solid reporting as always. Seems like a way to control the spred of bamboo. On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 11:57 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Just north of Alicante there is a monastery called Santa Faz (Holy Face), > housing what is supposedly a piece of cloth used to wipe Jesus?s face on > his way to the crucifixion. The relic has not been studied scientifically, > so it is impossible to verify the claim but it does not matter. Every year, > on the second Thursday after Easter, a pilgrimage takes place, starting at > the cathedral in the centre of Alicante and finishing 8 km later at the > monastery. The relic is brought out on this one occasion each year, mass is > said on the square in front of the monastery, and then people settle down > to an early lunch and a well-deserved rest. In past years, the young people > would bring with them stolen shopping carts full of booze and other > supplies, which they would consume on the beach following the procession > (it is a couple of km from the monastery to the beach). But beginning last > year, the police has cracked down on this huge botell?n, so this year not a > single shopping cart was to be seen. The young people still managed to > smuggle some bottles in backpacks etc., but the drinking binge is much > subdued, probably a good thing. > > As is apparent from the above, this event, one of the major dates on the > Alicante calendar, is a mix of tradition, religious devotion and just a > fiesta. I have walked the route on a couple of occasions, but this year, > instead I took my bicycle and the camera in the handlebar bag, which > allowed me to move up and down the procession and document it at various > points. The resulting gallery is here: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/Santa-Faz-2019/ > > As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > 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 -- Don don.dory at gmail.com