Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Rota, Spain

by Tony

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Hope you enjoy this little section of Semana Santa (Holy Week). Though I am not a religious person, I enjoy photographing this ageless Spanish tradition; sometimes I can imagine that what I see during one of the processions has been unchanged from a procession fifty or even hundreds of years previous.

The Semana Santa images in this section are more familiar and typical of Andalucia. Not all of Spain celebrates Semana Santa in this manner. In fact, even in different towns in the same province will see ... (more)

The crowd in the streets
Along narrow streets, sometimes there's only room for just the...

Semana Santa
Sometimes not everybody participating in a procession is tall

The Cross
Sometimes an image is where you find it, and not what you look for....

The Shadow
I love this image because of the shadow cast upon the wall. I have...

Collecting wax
Sometimes you'll see kids going around collecting wax as it drips...

article published 3/27/2001

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Semana santa
Why do the children collect the wax into balls? Whats it all about? Why are some of the bearers of the thrones blind folded
— colin, April 12, 2009

Gracias otra vez
Tony, This morning you e-mail me some pictures of the Holy Thursday, and I love them. Tonigh I'm home sick and I went in the computer type Semana Santa in Rota Spain and there you are again. Great explanation about the History. How about a picture of El Nazareno?. I miss home so much but your pictures and your website keeps me closer them ever to home.

Saludos desde Levittown, Pennsylvania US

Gracias.
— Loli Suarez, April 15, 2006

Gracias otra vez
Tony, Tjis morning you e-mail me some pictures pf the Holy Thursday, and I love them. Tonigh I'm home sick and I went in the computer type Semana Santa in Rota Spain and there you are again. Great explanation about the History. How about a ppicture of El Nazareno?. I miss home so much but your pictures and your website keeps me closer them ever to home.

Gracias.
— Loli Suarez, April 15, 2006

I remember this. Thanks for the memories, I was stationed at Rota from 1971 to 1974. It was a great duty station.
— Gary, January 21, 2003

help
I am a spanish student from Seville, who are studing Semana Santa photographs in my town. I am very interested in kwoning your experiences and your opinion about this festival. And I would like to kwon more about your work in Andalucia. My e-mail is noblessa@latinmail.com I am looking foward to hearing about you. Thans you
— spanish, April 23, 2001

Thanks!
Glad you liked! I was there (still am) in the mid70s. There's a lot of us "old-timers" here, having elected Rota (Spain) better than Clinton's place. Will visit your articles soon..... Thanks again!
— Tony, March 29, 2001

Rota Spain
Thanks for the pictures of the Samana Santa in Rota. I lived there and was stationed there for two years ('81-'83). How about you?
— Michelle Tremblay, March 28, 2001