March 31, 2008
Holy Ghosts
A covered Paso in a church in Granada
Semana Santa (Holy Week) is one of the most important traditional events of Andalucia. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter. The week features the procession of pasos, floats of lifelike wooden sculptures of different scenes of the events of the Passion or images of the Virgin Mary or other saints.
A Paso (Spanish for Pace or Step) is an elaborate float carried by costaleros and are usually followed by a band. Some have long skirts that cover the bearers entirely, giving the impression that the statue is floating on its own power.
March 27, 2008
March 26, 2008
Celestial Patterns
The patterns in Spain stay mainly in the southern plain!
>> I went pattern hunting in southern Spain. Click here to see the results.
March 25, 2008
Bunny Look-alike
Happy Easter! Happy Iranian New Year!
I spotted this bunny tree in Temple Fortune.
