Holy Week in Spain -(Nerja-Malaga)

The Holy week in Spain is an Easter holliday. It consists of processions of people who march following a religious figure or Jesus Christ or/ and Virgin Mary which are meant to be declarations of faith. These are very emotional parades for the Catholics in Spain and depending on the part of the country you´re in, you can witness the beauty and complexity of the statues and floral arrangements (natural flowers are used for this), as well as the Fanfare music that always accomanies them.These events are organized by religious groups called "Cofradia" formed by secondary groups named "Hermandad" (Brotherhood), each having their characteristic march steps, costumes and ensigns. The march usually is formed by several typical figures as the "penitents", wearing a full costume with conic hood that hide their faces, or the "Nazarene" , "Mantillas", who are women dresses in black morning costumes and the general public. Each day and its parade has a theme, like Death, Resurection etc, represented by the statues. The ones I filmed are not all of them, as this year was very rainy and some of them couldn´t get out on the streets, but you can see some of them, as Jesus the Narene, The Virgin Mary of Hope (Virgen Maria de la Esperanza), The Virgin Mary of Pain (Virgen Maria de los Dolores). Nerja is a small town, usually in bigger cities like Seville, Malaga or Granada everything is a lot more stately and solems. I hope you enjoy it either way. :)

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[malcolmfoster62]

you have one of he best quality Easter videos well done.

[TheLadysSpot]

@malcolmfoster62 thanks

[scarlettrose11]

it's sad to know that most Americans refer to Holy Week as spring break :(

Thank you for posting the video

[TheLadysSpot]

@scarlettrose11 I didn´t know that. Hope this helps people to see it´s a lot more than that.:)

[odesumini]

yo es que cada vez que veo esas cosas es me parto de la risa, te imaginas que vienen aqui despues de ver la peli esperando encontrarse todo mezclado?

[TheLadysSpot]

@odesumini Seguramente mas de un turista vendra de visita y esperara eso.jajaja. Asi que decidi subir el video y de paso poner la informacion sobre que es la Semana Santa realmente por si las moscas.:)

[Ladyvenus10]

Has tenido una genial idea plasmando en este video un poquito d la Semana Santa,porque un video no es como sentirlo en directo: el olor a incienso,el canto de la saeta en la noche q nos hace sentir q,algo se desgarra dentro,el sonido d las cornetas entonando un llanto desquebrajado,el silencio q aclama al paso d las imágenes por las calles engalanadas para la pasión... Ay! Se nota un poquito q soy cofrade? Jiji! Te ha quedado muy bonito y se ve bastante bien,tanto de día, como de noche! ;-*

[TheLadysSpot]

@odesumini jajajajaja, la has visto? Yo me he reido a carcajadas. Han mezclado las fiestas para darle mas bombo,jajajaja

[odesumini]

jeje a ver si para la proxima peli de tom cruise ven que en semana santa no soltamos los san fermines en andalucia :P