Every
time we quizzed our Spanish friends about the cofradías of the Semana Santa, they always mentioned this
procession. Why is it so special?
Firstly,
it is mainly the procession for children. After seeing all those tall hats
moving along on the street in Maria Luisa Park it was quite charming to watch
all the short, white, little nazareno
children being herded by a tall black one, in seemingly total chaos.
Secondly,
the paso itself is lovely. It
represents the moment when Jesus arrives to Jerusalem on a donkey and is
surrounded by children. I think this is the only paso where he is not
suffering. It’s a lovely float with lots of figures, lots of colours, a palm
tree and a donkey!! I love donkeys.
The
cofradía´s journey is short as its
church is quite close to the cathedral and most of the children were
accompanied by their parents which made it all the more chaotic. We were
standing in the crowd right next to the Cathedral where all the parents had to
leave the children and move to the side. This all happened at a kind of
crossroads where in one direction the procession moved, in the other the rest
of the people were trying to get through as many of the streets were closed
down, and the parents were trying to get out of the procession by going against
the flow of people. Not to mention all the tourists who literally stopped in
the middle of the narrow pathway thinking they will be able to watch everything
from there. This was all controlled by two policemen who from time to time
calmly (and without any hurry) stopped a flow in one direction to let the
people cross in the other. I cannot explain to you how, but it worked!
Only
in Spain….
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