Friday, April 10, 2009

Santa Cruz, Alicante

The reception from our indoor aerial was perfect so we tuned into Punt 2 TV last night hoping to watch the procession down the narrow streets from the Hermitage in Alicante.

However the program was showing the procession in the city instead starting with the paso from the Hermandad de la Santa Redención - a very beautiful scene but not the one we were hoping for.

What we wanted to see were the pasos; Cautivo, el Gitano, el Descendimiento de la Cruz and Nuestra Señora de los Dolores being carried down the steep steps. So, we have to be content with these photographs from the local papers which show the struggle that the costeleras experienced controlling the pasos downhill.

Santa Cruz 1 Santa Cruz 2

Santa Cruz 3 Santa Cruz 4

Santa Cruz 5 Santa Cruz 6

Santa Cruz 7

A lady reaches out to touch the hand of Jesus, the gypsy descending from the cross.

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