With their tall conical hats, monkish robes and facial hoods that only show their eyes, the so-called "nazarenos," or penitents, in Spain's immensely popular Easter processions cut an eerie, and ...

Spain is getting ready for one of its most revered holiday periods of the year – Easter. The holy week means thousands of colourful and noisy religious street processions, which draw multitudes on to ...

SEVILLE, Spain — The drum beat rises on a packed Seville street as Jose Maria Segura opens his mouth and begins the wail of the “saeta,” a pained, mournful ode to Jesus … ...

The pandemic struck early in 2020 and Spain was in a total lockdown at Easter. In 2021, some measures were lifted but travel between Spanish regions was severely restricted and public gatherings ...

Few Roman Catholics in devout southern Spain would have ever imagined an April without the pomp and ceremony of Holy Week processions. The streets of Seville and other Spanish cities again went ...

Spain is getting ready for one of its most revered holiday periods of the year – Easter. The holy week means thousands of colourful and noisy religious street processions, which draw multitudes ...

AP PHOTOS: Easter week still a ritual in more secular Spain April 7, 2023 at 12:42 am 1 of 21 | Devotees prepare before taking part during Palm Sunday in Zaragoza, northern Spain, Sunday, April 2 ...

Wailing bugles, rhythmic drumbeats and eerie religious chants can be heard once again across Spain this year as the country’s massively popular Easter religious processions return after a two ...

Virus Outbreak Spain Easter Photo Gallery A restored figure of Jesus arrives into Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria church in Seville, southern Spain, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Few Catholics in devout ...