Spain celebrates Semana Santa with traditional processions

Spain is observing Semana Santa, or Holy Week, with picturesque celebrations including colorful processions featuring hooded members of religious brotherhoods carrying altars through city streets to the sound of music.

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Seville, Spain's Holy Week blends faith, tradition and spectacle

Even as religious belief declines in Spain, the processions at Seville's Semana Santa — the Holy Week lead-up to Easter — draw crowds moved by music, tradition and powerful emotion.

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First report: rzeczpospolita · 3 Apr, 10:48|Full coverage: 2 · 6h|Window: 6h

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Ludzie w kapturach na ulicach hiszpańskich miast. To Semana Santa, fascynująca tradycja wielkanocna

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Spain celebrates Semana Santa with traditional processions

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Seville, Spain's Holy Week blends faith, tradition and spectacle

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Ludzie w kapturach na ulicach hiszpańskich miast. To Semana Santa, fascynująca tradycja wielkanocna

Seville, Spain's Holy Week blends faith, tradition and spectacle

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