20 April 2011

Center of Sevilla, Monday; Semana Santa

A paso is a procession displaying figures of Jesus and Mary in an elaborate manner. They are constructed by different hermandades (which are like fraternities for different churches in Sevilla). The pasos have candles and flowers. The men in the hermandades carry the pasos on their shoulders; many men are needed to carry one paso because they are so big.
Well dress sevillianos line Serpentes, the main street for pasos in Sevilla.

Literately thousands of nazerenos lead the paso.

The crowd quiets as upon the arrival of Jesus and the Virgin.



Here you can see the men's feet who are carrying this paso on their shoulders..

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