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Brilio.net/en - As Easter approaches each year, Christian communities across the globe celebrate Holy Week during the week before Easter Day. This religious ceremony commemorates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Spain, Holy Week is referred to as Semana Santa. This year, almost every city across the nation had its own religious brotherhoods taking to the streets to show off their hooded selves. Interestingly, each city represents different brotherhoods, so if you were to explore different cities throughout the course of Semana Santa, youd witness unique scenes during the processions because each brotherhood is identified by its very own color of ceremonial clothing and hoods! Here are the top 25 scenes that were captured:
1. La Paz Brotherhood, Seville
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2. Dulce Nombre (Sweet Name) brotherhood, Malaga
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3. Penitents carry holy relic, Zamora
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4. San Esteban brotherhood, Andalusian capital of Seville
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5. Cristo de los Gitanos (Christ of the Gypsies) brotherhood, Granada
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6. Candlelight procession, Seville, Andalusia
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7. Gitanos brotherhood, Ronda
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8. Huerto (Orchard) brotherhood, Malaga
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9. Penitents hugging in Basque city of Bilbao, northern Spain
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10. El Silencio brotherhood, Zamora
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11. San Juan Evangelista brotherhood, Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia
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12. El Baratillo brotherhood, Seville
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13. Cautivo brotherhood, Arriate
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14. Rocio brotherhood, Mlaga
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15. A penitent of Cristo de los Gitanos brotherhood procession lights a candle, Granada
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16. Penitents carry a cross, Alcala de Henare
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17. Penitents of Gitanos (gypsy) brotherhood on their knees to carry a statue of the Maria Santisima del Sacromonte, Granada
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18. San Bernardo brotherhood, Seville
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19. A boy of Los Cartujos (the Carthusians) brotherhood with his mobile phone, Palma de Mallorca
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20. Women wearing traditional mantilla dresses outside a church, Malaga, Andalusia
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21. Spanish actor Antonio Banderas seen amongst the Lagrimas y Favores brotherhood, Malaga
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22. A penitent of San Bernardo brotherhood, Seville
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23. City of Oviedo couldnt conduct the processions due to rain, leaving this woman from the Estudiantes (Students) brotherhood in tears
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24. Spanish legionnaires with the statue of the Christ of Mena, Malaga
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25. Spanish legionnaires throw their weapons, Mena Church, Malaga
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