![]() Semana SantaSeville, 22 March 2005Watching the San Benito procession on Martes Santo (Tuesday night of the Easter week) in front of Javi's bar in San Esteban street. ![]() A penitente wearing his túnica of white cotton and purple velvet. ![]() Some of walk barefoot for the entire route. ![]() The penitentes, who carry a cross, do not wear the rigid hat with carton inlay. ![]() The San Benito procession consists of three floats, or pasos. The first one showing the presentation of Jesus to Pilate. (Most processions carry only two pasos.) ![]() An off-duty costalero. The processions generally need several shifts of people to carry the floats, depending on the distance of the parish church to the Cathedral, where all processions pass. ![]() The proud father of this penitente is a member of San Esteban brotherhood, who wear the white and blue túnicas. ![]() Each float is accompanied by its banda de música, usually contracted by the brotherhoods. Many of them are playing every day with a different procession. ![]() Drums and horns are the characteristic instruments of Semana Santa. ![]() The float with the Christ. ![]() Nazarenos come before each float. The number of nazarenos for each procession ranges from perhaps 400 up to 2,500, depending on the cofradia, or brotherhood. ![]() Children compete to make the largest ball of wax from the candles of the nazarenos. ![]() The man behind the procession with the replacement candles. ![]() The Virgin's float is approaching. San Esteban church in the background. ![]() Decoration of white lilies and the palio, an embroidered cloth cover on the float. ![]() The Virgin's float is also commonly called el palio, because of the cloth "roof" over the float. ![]() Scenery outside Javi's bar, after the procession. ![]() Semana Santa is big business for all the bars and restaurants in Seville. Javi has hired Miguel and Valentine as additional staff for the Easter week. ![]() San Esteban street full of people at 3 am. Close Window |