Thanks, Nathan, it looks like a lovely scene – quite different from the Walk of
Witness in Biggleswade on Good Friday:
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2426398134667051463
<https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2426398134667051463>
Chris
> On 14 Apr 18, at 21:22, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Quite a mass of humanity in tight quarters. Nice images. I see, once more,
> you managed to find a photogenic doggie along the way. :-)
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> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> On 4/14/2018 2:51 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Thursday was a holiday in Alicante, devoted to Santa Faz, a tradition going
>> back 500 years. A procession of many thousands of pilgrims begins at the
>> cathedral in the centre early in the morning and reaches the monastery of
>> Santa Faz, about 8 km to the north, around 10 a.m. The monastery houses an
>> important relic brought here from the Vatican in the 15th century, a piece
>> of cloth supposedly used to wipe Jesus’s face on his way to crucification.
>> On this one day a year, the relic is displayed on the square in front of the
>> monastery, a mass is said, and then people rest/eat/drink/party according to
>> temperament and need. I joined the procession with my bicycle and my camera,
>> which resulted in this gallery of 50 images:
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>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Santa-Faz-2018/
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>> More explanations are included in the gallery description and the captions.
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>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>>
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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