Las Cortes

we are wandering up calle tueton and hear a marching band...got to check that out and we stumble upon a magnificent Mary float
called a Pasos usually part of the Semana Santa or holy week festivities....but why is she out tonight??? Sevilla is known for the most amazing holy week processions by each neighbourhoods parish taking their floats to the cathedral but why this night? Saturday eve. she made a stop at iglesia de la annunciation church a former Jesuit church and one of the most classic semana santa churches in Seville apparently. then turned up another street next to the setus de sevilla a magnificent swirly mushroom like shade structure that covers the square. the pics are blurry but you can see the young men's feet carrying the float. they change teams very 20 min or so so the float stops. there is chicken wire where there heads must be so they have some fresh air. it was a slow procession and I don't know if they would head back to the cathedral or not. you can see the head turban like structures the men wear ( no women allowed to carry so far..) on one of the blurry pics.Weiterlesen