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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Good Friday in Alicante
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun, 1 May 2022 06:21:38 -0400

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.

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:

https://www.greatpix.eu/Viernes-Santo-2022/

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

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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