Beautiful photos!
Whoa! The hoods do look very similar to those of the
Klan.
--- Nathan Wajsman <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I went to see the Semana Santa celebrations on
> Wednesday, Friday and
> Sunday. This is one of the most important events of
> the year in every
> Spanish city, and Alicante is no exception. I shot
> around 400
> pictures, and frankly had a hard time editing them
> down to the 51 I
> chose for the gallery. In any event, the results are
> here:
>
> http://www.frozenlight.eu/semana_santa
>
> Just to pre-empt comments about the KKK-style hoods
> in some of the
> processions: these traditions go back centuries and
> so precede the
> KKK. According to what some friends in Seville once
> explained to me,
> the faces are covered to symbolize that all are
> equal before God.
>
> As always, comments are warmly welcome and
> appreciated. All images
> with the E3, and either the 25mm 1.4 Leica/Panasonic
> (nighttime
> shots) or the 12-60mm Olympus.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> nathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> General photography:
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