Aunque puede resultar extraño el titular de esta entrada, el hecho fue así, y la Hermandad y Cofradía de Los Estudiantes, que tiene su Sede Canónica en la Parroquia de San Francisco Javier, del conocido barrio ovetense de La Tenderina, fue incluida dentro de la Semana Santa de Sevilla en un artículo publicado en el diario The Guardian que llevaba por título "Holy Week in Seville", y que apareció el 20 de marzo del año 2008.
En la imagen publicada en el diario londinense, realizada por Alberto Morante en la salida procesional del Domingo de Ramos, aparecía uno de los Titulares de la Hermandad de Los Estudiantes, el Santísimo Cristo de la Misericordia, y a su lado el costalero Braulio Fernández. Dicha fotografía estaba acompañada del siguiente texto: A 'costalero' during the Holy Week procession of 'Los Estudiantes' (The Students) brotherhood carries the 'Santísimo Cristo de la Misericordia'. Each church carries an image of Christ, the Virgin, or a scene of the Passion on a 'paso' - a moveable float.
Travel: Holy Week in Seville
Seville's Semana Santa (Holy Week) celebrations are among the most spectacular in the world, when thousands of hooded penitents parade through the city's winding streets.
Taking place during the week before Easter, it has held an important place in Seville's calender for centuries, with many of the rituals dating back to the 16th century.
It is an occasion of intense religious devotion as well as a fiesta and draws huge crowds, both religious and secular, from all over the world. Some of the solemnity and pageant are captured in these images.
Cristina Quicler/AFP |
Semana Santa (Holy Week) takes place during the week before Easter and has held an important place in Seville's calender for centuries.
Starting on Palm Sunday more than 55 brotherhoods make the procession to Seville's Cathedral to commemorate the Passion of Christ. Some will make the walk bare foot.
Each brotherhood walks though the narrow streets of the city from their church to the Cathedral and back, in a tradition that dates back to the 16th century. Here penitents wait at the church for the start of the 'La Paz' brotherhood procession.
People of all ages take part. Here a young penitent waits for the start of the Santa Genoveva brotherhood procession.
Cristina Quicler/AFP |
Starting on Palm Sunday more than 55 brotherhoods make the procession to Seville's Cathedral to commemorate the Passion of Christ. Some will make the walk bare foot.
Cristina Quicler/AFP |
Each brotherhood walks though the narrow streets of the city from their church to the Cathedral and back, in a tradition that dates back to the 16th century. Here penitents wait at the church for the start of the 'La Paz' brotherhood procession.
Cristina Quicler/AFP |
People of all ages take part. Here a young penitent waits for the start of the Santa Genoveva brotherhood procession.
Alberto Morante /EPA |
A 'costalero' during the Holy Week procession of 'Los Estudiantes' (The Students) brotherhood carries the 'Santísimo Cristo de la Misericordia'. Each church carries an image of Christ, the Virgin, or a scene of the Passion on a 'paso' - a moveable float.
The celebrations make an impressive spectacle that is both a fiesta and a time of religious devotion.
Crowds from across Spain and further afield pack into the city's streets to watch the parade.
The processions can last for hours - even through the night - depending on the distance of each church from the Cathedral.
A penitent with the 'Cruz de Guia' (Guide Cross) leads the the procession of the Santa Genoveva brotherhood.
The 'El Cerro' brotherhood leave a church as they start their procession.
The feet of a penitent of the 'Hermandad de la Paz' brotherhood.
Si el Cardenal Carlos Amigo cuando estuvo en el Museo de la Macarena lo calificó como una "bendita locura", desde Costaleros de Oviedo sólo podemos decir que lo aparecido en el diario londinense The Guardian fue una "bendita confusión", sin olvidar el honor que supone para Los Estudiantes compartir espacio, pese a la "bendita confusión", con la Semana Santa sevillana, cuyas celebraciones son calificadas en el artículo como las más espectaculares del mundo.
Fuente:
http://www.guardian.co.uk
Cristina Quicler/AFP |
The celebrations make an impressive spectacle that is both a fiesta and a time of religious devotion.
Cristina Quicler/AFP |
Crowds from across Spain and further afield pack into the city's streets to watch the parade.
Cristina Quicler/AFP |
The processions can last for hours - even through the night - depending on the distance of each church from the Cathedral.
Eduardo Abad /EPA |
A penitent with the 'Cruz de Guia' (Guide Cross) leads the the procession of the Santa Genoveva brotherhood.
Miguel Angel Morenatti/AP |
The 'El Cerro' brotherhood leave a church as they start their procession.
Jose Manual Vidal /EPA |
The feet of a penitent of the 'Hermandad de la Paz' brotherhood.
Si el Cardenal Carlos Amigo cuando estuvo en el Museo de la Macarena lo calificó como una "bendita locura", desde Costaleros de Oviedo sólo podemos decir que lo aparecido en el diario londinense The Guardian fue una "bendita confusión", sin olvidar el honor que supone para Los Estudiantes compartir espacio, pese a la "bendita confusión", con la Semana Santa sevillana, cuyas celebraciones son calificadas en el artículo como las más espectaculares del mundo.
Fuente:
http://www.guardian.co.uk
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