Richard Irwin - Photoblog
Malaga (2 of 4)
Posted by Richard Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 26 November 2008 in People & Portrait.
Penitentes at the Holy Week festival, Easter, Malaga, Spain
image scan from 4X3 print, so sorry about the poor quality; this print is not so good unfortunately.
bm from Budapest, Hungary
very interesting subject, good that they haven't chosen white as their preferred color for this outfit... :)
26 Nov 2008 11:10am
@bm: Some wear blue, some brown, some red, some white and red etc: the costumes have a very long tradition, and pre-date by centuries any modern connotations. I have pre-posted a picture tomorrow with people wearing white costumes with red hats.
vera from French Southern Territories
impressive.... but not San Fernando in the philippines, but something more dangerous as Inquisition.... excellent shot
26 Nov 2008 11:17am
DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom
Religious ceromonies are always curious to me! Nice shot Richard!
26 Nov 2008 12:20pm
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Gosh! this is amazing, haven't checked it out yet, but I must.
Fantastic Richard.
26 Nov 2008 12:22pm
Cheryl from Texas, United States
this is very interesting agian. where is this ceremony taking place ie; a church?? it almost looks like a funeral and they're carrying a casket
26 Nov 2008 1:37pm
@Cheryl: The religious floats are carried all about the city by 'costaleros', and escorted by the 'nazareños' wearing costumes such as these. They are followed by enormous crowds of people. It takes place across Spain, but this set was photographed in Malaga.
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Ar eyou kidding, the content is so magnificent that the rest is forgotten...fabulous collection !
26 Nov 2008 4:23pm
Rui from Leiria, Portugal
Strange indeed. But they have this weird religious celebration, that is very nice to be seen. The moment was well captured.
26 Nov 2008 5:58pm
Gary from Cochise County, United States
What a wonderful series. It is so interesting and the images are amazing.
26 Nov 2008 6:51pm
toni pons barro from maó (menorca island), Spain
fantastic pictures on your blog, I like the variety and quality.
good job.
Congratulations
26 Nov 2008 7:34pm
JJ from Jersey City, United States
another interesting shot of these processions, found it so interesting reading up about them
27 Nov 2008 12:27am
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
This is extraordinary . . as others have said here, it makes me want to find out more.
27 Nov 2008 1:57am
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Something one would expect to see on the cover of a magazine...incredible capture!
27 Nov 2008 4:38am
amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Strange and.... well, frightening. The whole ceremony of this religious festival seems so secretive and hidden... everyone wearing the hoods. Wonderful doc shot, Richard!
27 Nov 2008 4:46am
Rags from Plano, United States
you still have captured the essence of the ceremony.
27 Nov 2008 4:54am
