I hope you enjoy this pageantry of faith and religious dedication in one of the most colourful and solemn festivals of Spain: Holy Week.
After two years, the celebrations of Holy Week have resumed and they are incredible…
The origins of the Holy Week processions in Sevilla go back to the XVI C when Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara declared that the Brotherhoods should go to the Cathedral to do the procession of penitence.
This year, finally allowed to process, the Brotherhoods of Sevilla, and from all the cities of Spain, are taking their «pasos», the large and beautifully ornate litters to the streets and through their regularly assigned passages in the city.
In Sevilla, Holy Thursday is the day of the «mantillas» within the historical Brotherhoods. In the morning the members…along with anyone else…visit the temples, in the afternoon, the Holy Services. One of the most historic and ancient Brotherhoods, Los Negritos, departs from their centuries old Chapel on Recaredo Street.
Members of Brotherhoods sometimes must wait years to finally be assigned a place within the processions…
If you ever get a chance to visit Spain, and you are there during Holy Week, it is well worth a trip down south to Andalucia. Not that we do not do Holy Week processions, for instance, in Valencia (where I am from), we do, actually everywhere, but the biggest ones, the most impressive ones, are in the south, especially in Sevilla and Málaga.
Cheers…
JaZzArt en València 
Por lo menos por la Tv la estoy disfrutando. Una solemnidad acogedora y la gente participa vivamente. Mucho colorido en la ciudades con la procesiones. Estupendas fotos Francisco.
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Gracias Manuel. Es un espectáculo como ninguno y este año que al fin regresan los pasos y las procesiones debe ser una cosa fuera de serie. Un abrazo.
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I have seen them in Madrid and Granada and lately on TVE ! Felices Pascuas!
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Felices pascuas igual a ti y a tu familia.
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👍👍🙏🙏
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This brings back memories of my time in Málaga! Thank you!
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Yes, Málaga is the same. Thanks 😊 Ingrid.
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Great photographs, what a lovely celebration for Holy Week. It looks like a very large crowd indeed my friend. Love, peace and hugs to your family from ours Francis. xoxoxo
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Thank you so much Joni! Our love to you and your family as well.
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You are most welcome. ❤️🤗🙏
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Una experiencia inolvidable, gracias por compartir Francis.
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De nada Elvira. Definitivamente una experiencia inolvidable. Gracias y un abrazo!
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Un gusto Francis. Otro abrazo!
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Spain can certainly put on a show, whatever the reason. Have a good Easter weekend my friend.
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Yes, so true. We’re the most mystical (and irrational) country on earth! Thank you Malc and a Happy Easter to you too!
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I will. Thank you!
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You’re welcome Malc!
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What an amazing way to hold Easter week celebrations! I am in awe of their statues of the Virgin Mary with canopies and Baroque statues with silver and gold crowns. Thanks for sharing and have a good day 🙂 Aiva xx
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Yes, some are very much more elaborate. It’s a festival like the biggest ones in Spain.
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You can sense the history and mystery of tradition in these pictures. Bet you are missing it in Miami.
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Yes, the tradition is quite ancient, but this year it has become something even more extraordinary, because it was not allowed the past two years…
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Timing is everything.
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For sure!
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