Pilgrimage...
May 24, 2017 13:38:31 #
Next week Tuesday is the beginning of this year's famous pilgrimage (peregrinatión) to the village of El Rocío in Andalucia, Spain. It is referred to as the Romería. One and a half million people descend upon the small village from all over Spain and overseas and celebrate there for up to 7 days. I am fortunate to live in an important village in the process where about 50 Hermandades or Brotherhoods pass through with the simpecado, their Brotherhood banner, and statue of the Virgin Mary on an ornately decorated cart pulled by oxen and call at the church to be blessed on their way. I am not a religious person but I can't help but be impressed by the richness of the event and the photo opportunities are immense. I travel with them on 'the camino' which is an unpaved road through forests which is usually very deep sand and very dusty but can, occasionally, be a quagmire. It is a day of friendship, travel and much eating, drinking and dancing. This will be my 10th year.
Pilgrimage
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Arrival
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On the camino
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Crossing the Quema
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Hermandades greet in the Quema
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Marching to El Rocío
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Going home.
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May 24, 2017 14:55:39 #
rafikiphoto wrote:
Next week Tuesday is the beginning of this year's ... (show quote)
Fantastic photos! Also fantastic treatment of the images. Thanks for sharing.
May 24, 2017 14:57:08 #
Djedi wrote:
Fantastic photos! Also fantastic treatment of the images. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Djedi, much appreciated.
May 25, 2017 06:32:47 #
rafikiphoto wrote:
Next week Tuesday is the beginning of this year's ... (show quote)
Beautiful, fascinating photos! Thanks for filling us in on the history, too.
May 25, 2017 06:53:03 #
How wonderful! And what an opportunity! Please, forego your life for the next two weeks and document this for us. I'd love to see more photos- evening, morning, camping, people and faces, food and equipment, blisters, dirt and laughter... this is fantastic.
May 25, 2017 06:55:04 #
canondave1 wrote:
Beautiful, fascinating photos! Thanks for filling us in on the history, too.
Thank you canondave1. It is a fascinating event. I chose to do those in mono but it is also very colourful as you can see.
May 25, 2017 07:06:45 #
fuminous wrote:
How wonderful! And what an opportunity! Please, forego your life for the next two weeks and document this for us. I'd love to see more photos- evening, morning, camping, people and faces, food and equipment, blisters, dirt and laughter... this is fantastic.
I will. From next Tuesday they begin passing through the village and some will camp in a special area on the outskirts. That is just one huge party! I will document some of that after dark. This will go on until Thursday. On Friday 06:30 hrs it is the turn of our village to move and my wife and I will be with them in our trusty Land Rover. The camino is a fantastic photo op.
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Einreb92 wrote:
Que magnifico! Gracias, señor!
De nada caballero. Gracias a ti. Mi placer! ;)
May 25, 2017 15:29:11 #
AuntieM wrote:
Outstanding photos and narrative. What a great event to be part of.
Thank you. It is a terrific spectacle AuntieM. Our neighbours began talking about it a month ago. It is the highlight of their year.
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