Easter here has not felt the same but in a good way. We have scarcely seen chocolate Easter bunnies in the stores and hardly any Easter Candy, no baskets, decorations etc. The focus is on Christ as it should be. The "Holy Week" is very traditional in Spain. They have processions, mass and all sorts of activities going on during the week before Easter.
As we were arriving home around 9:30 pm Friday night from our road trip to Portugal, we saw several policemen on the side of the road. As we rubbernecked to see what had happened while driving by, we saw a large crowd of people in a procession. We raced home unloaded the kids and ran up the street to show our kids what this was all about.
We soon realized our town is too small to bring in a crowd of onlookers
as we were the only ones. We knew in the larger towns there are people
lining the street when they do their processions. We were, however; uncomfortably able
to get a few photos to share.
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Of course the Virgen Mary is part of this too.
Maybe next year we can get pictures of one of the
bigger Processions. |
Wow, how interesting to see Easter celebrated in such a way. No Easter candy around here, either.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe your town is that small! You were the only onlookers?!
No Chocolate BUNNIES!!?? They do have the right idea that Easter should be about Christ and not about selling goodies to kids! Beautiful night shots! The photos really show the feeling of the night! Thanks for sharing!
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