Hello every body,
I hope you all have a nice weekend. Are you going to do some Easter celebrations? @avdesing reminded me of a trip to Malaga that I did last year. And because of that I tough I could make a nice post about it. It was a very interesting weekend experience that I had there.
Easter weekend
I wanted to travel to Malaga during the Easter holiday's, because I wanted to see those procession that I saw on Natgeo once. The first time that I saw this I tough I saw some footage from 1960 USA. (if you know, you know) But it was in Southerner Europe. And of course it totally had a different meaning. But what do you think if you see this in a little ally in a city?
Holy week is a big thing in Spain and is celebrated in almost every city in the country. During Holy Week (Semana Santa) in Málaga, they celebrate the Passion and death of Jesus, followed by his resurrection.
It is a week full of solemn processions with large statues of Jesus and Mary, carried by brotherhoods. People walk along in traditional robes in different colors. Every brotherhood has got his own robes.
These guys are from the blue brother hood (I made that name up) and they are carrying a big and very heavy statue. They are carrying these heavy statues as a sign of repentance. Penitents, the hooded guys, also wear those pointed capirote hats as a kind of repentance for the sin they have committed or as a reward in which they hope their prayers will come true.
This is the black clan. They are all from different neighborhoods with in the city of Malaga.
And the statue is really very heavy.
I like the contrast between the old and new building and the procession underneath it.
I also was trying to capturing the people who were watching the processions. But it was so busy in the streets that I hardly could take good pictures there. I really do like this one.
It was easier to point my camera up and capture the people watching from their balcony.
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