A colourful romería
Last Sunday was our local romería, which I’ve blogged about before. The Romería de Torrijos takes place in Valencina de la Concepcion, near Seville, on the second Sunday of October. I covered all the...
View ArticleWord a Week Photo Challenge: Glitter
Glittery skies in Seville for Christmas. The Virgin Mary glints in the autumn sun, on our local romeria (pilgrimage). This firework is from the UK’s Jubilee celebrations in June 2012. Light refracted...
View ArticleEl Rocio 2013: La Salida de Sevilla
A group of romeros (pilgrims) in the Puerta Jerez. They all wear medallions of their hermandad around their necks. Amidst all the excitement of Ferias around Andalucia every spring, another major...
View ArticleTorrijos 2013: a picture post
Devotees (or the merely curious, like us), head for the Hacienda’s chapel to see the visiting Virgin, and the Christ statue. Another year, another Romeria de Torrijos in the village where we live. For...
View ArticleSnapshots from El Rocio 2014
This rociera has a peineta (comb) dedicated to the Virgen del Rocio, adored focus of Spain’s biggest pilgrimage. Oranges tied to a simpecado (ox-drawn float carrying an image of the Virgin del Rocio),...
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