Easter Parades and Traditions

Various Easter celebrations featuring participants in traditional costumes, processions with crosses, and vibrant street scenes in Spain.

Semana Santa Fiesta Easter Malaga Andalucia Spain

Church of Sant Joan.

Sicily, Trapani, Good Friday mystery procession La Processione dei Misteri, during the procession with the mysteries through the old town

Prelude to the battle. Moors and Christians. Pollensa. Tramuntana mountains. Majorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

Moros y cristianos. Pollença.Sierra de Tramuntana.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. España.

The virgin and christ dancing in Villajoyosa

San Cristobal Traditional Folk Group. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary islands

Moros y cristianos. Pollença.Sierra de Tramuntana.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. España.

Madrid. 07/06/2022. C/ Eduardo Dato, 10. Parish of San Fermn de los Navarros. San Fermin Celebration. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.

OFRENDA FLORAL A LA VIRGEN DE LOS DESAMPARADOS. Location: EXTERIOR. Valencia. SPAIN.

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week; brotherhood procession

Mother Mary is carried though the streets during a festa in Malta.

Procession Festa di San Constanzo, Piazetta di Capri, Island of Capri, Campania, Italy IProcession Festa di San Constanzo, Piazetta di Capri, Island of Capri, Campania, Italy, Europe

Italy, Campania, Naples, Pulcinella

Good friday procession, vertova, Italy

bendicion de los animales de Sant Antoni,Palma, Mallorca, islas baleares, Spain.

Italy, Umbria, Perugia district, Gubbio. Good Friday procession

Easter Sunday, Lima, Peru, South America

Sicily, Catania, celebrations for Sant'Agata

Italy, Sicily region, Festival of Saint Agatha, devotees light candles on the ""Fercolo""

enfrentamient de Joan Mas con Deagut, batalla entre moros y cristianos, fiestas de la patrona, pollença, Mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

Castell human tower in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain.

Es Firo, Moors and Christians celebration of victory over the Barbary corsairs of May 11, 1561, Soller, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Madrid, 03/24/2016. Holy Week, Holy Thursday. Procession of the Most Holy Mary of the Sweet Name. Photo: Maya Balanya Archdc.

The crafting of ALFOMBRAS (carpets) during SEMANA SANTA (EASTER), a tradition dating to the 1600s - ANTIGUA, GUATAMALA

Guatemala, Sacatepequez province, Antigua, Holy Week, Good Friday. Iglesia de La Merced Procession.

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Northern Spain, Participants of Easter procession carrying a statue from the city centre

Christ in the Good Friday procession in the church square

Serranía de Cuenca (district). Procesión Semana Santa, "el Encuentro" (domingo), liberacion de palomas

Penitents take part in the La Carretera brotherhood procession during the Holy Week in Sevilla

Float of resurrected Jesus, Easter Sunday procession at the end of Semana Santa Holy Week, Ayamonte, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Zaragoza October 12, 2014 Offering of Flowers to the Virgin of Pilar Photo Fabián Simón archdc.

"Dimonis" durante las fiestas de Sant Joan degollat. Sant Joan.Es Pla.Mallorca.Illes Balears.España.

Madrid, 03/23/2016. Holy Week, Holy Wednesday. Procession of the Brotherhood of the Gypsies, Nuestro Padre Jesús de La Salud. Photo: Maya Balanya ARCHDC.

SPAIN - Valencia autonomous region - Castellón. Peñíscola, "Fiestas Patronales" (town festivity); sailor´s procession, (Costa del Azahar)

SPAIN - Maestrazgo (district) - Valencia autonomous region - Castellón. Vallivana sanctuary; taking out the virgen at the Fiestas del / Sexeni festival (Els Ports - Maestrat / Maestrazgo region)

Spain, Seville, Nazarenes with Cruz de Guia (cross)

Christians charging, Moros y Cristianos (battles between Moors and Christians), Fiestas de la Patrona, Pollença, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

France, Gironde, Saint Emilion, Celebrations of the 20th anniversary of UNESCO's World Heritage Listing, parade of the Compagnie des Jurats (brotherhood of Saint Emilion Wines)

Lu Signuri di li fasci, Holy Week, Easter Procession, Pietraperzia, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Giglio bearers, Festa dei Gigli, Nola, Campania, Italy

Upward view of Virgin de los Desamparados (Holy Virgin of lonely and homeless.) during Fallas festival; Valencia, Spain

04/19/2014. Madrid. Spain. La Soledad Procession, which leaves the parish of San Gines. Photo: belen diaz. Archdc.

bendicion de los animales de Sant Antoni,patron de los animales domesticos,Llucmajor, Mallorca, islas baleares, Spain.

Procession Beneath Puig Campana in Villajoyosa

demons "Dimonis" during the festivities of Sant Joan degollat, Sant Joan town, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Christ arriving at the church on Palm Sunday procession

Italy, Tuscany. Siena. Palio Race. Horse Blessing. Contrada Of Turtle.

Women dressed in a regional costume and giant puppets dressed as a bride and groom during a Calenda, a procession on the Plaza Santo Domingo, celebrating a wedding in the city of Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Nazarenes and Religious Float on the Bridge

Mass in the night in Lourdes, France

traditional Mallorcan costumes, Santa Càndida festivities, Llucmajor, Migjorn, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Archdc Toledo 04-17-14 Holy Week 2014. Holy Thursday. Santísimo Cristo de la Vega Photo: Luna Revenga.

Mikel Ponce.....Valencia....22-1-2014......Procession of Saint Vincent.Archdc.

Tuaregs with their camels at the Moorish parade in Villajoyosa

Archdc Toledo 04-15-14 Sabbath week 2014. Holy Tuesday. Procession of the Holy Christ of Love Photo: Luna Revenga.

Madrid, 03/24/2016. Holy Week, Holy Thursday. Procession of the divine Captive. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week; "cofradía" de Monte-Sión brotherhood procession

Semana Santa Fiesta Easter Malaga Andalucia Spain

Madrid, 04/05/2015. Holy Week, Easter Sunday. Drumming of Resurrection in Plaza Mayor. Photo: Maya Balanya ARCHDC.

Spain, Rioja, Medieval Days of Briones (a festival declared of national tourist interest), two men costumed in front of the entrance of a Palace

Madrid, 05/28/2022. Procession of San Isidro. Photo: Isabel Permuy. Archdc.

SPAIN - Bajo Aragón (district) - ARAGON - TERUEL. Calanda, Semana Santa / Holy week, procession "tamborada"; drummers

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week; people looking at "La Macarena" arriving to the basilica / church friday midday

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Northern Spain, A nazareno walking in front of the Cathedral during Good Friday processions

Faith Against a Colorful Backdrop

Moros y cristianos. Pollenca.Sierra de Tramuntana.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. Espana

The alpine Christmas Village in the Kaiserhof of the Residenz, the palace of the Bavarian kings. Concert with Alpenhorn (Alphorn). Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Northern Spain, A nazareno walking in front of the Cathedral during Good Friday processions

Selective Focus of Mask and San Marco Basilica.

Annual Roma pilgrimage at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. The statue of Sara, carried by the Gypsies to the sea, symbolizes the waiting for and welcome of the Saints Mary Jacobe and Mary Salome. Gardians, the local bull shepherds, wait on horseback for the beginning of the procession and accompany the sculpture of Sara the Black all the way to the sea.

Moros y cristianos, ""Es Firó"", Plaza De Sa Constitució, Soller, Sierra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Semana Santa / Holy week: "La Macarena" at the "La Madrugá" procession

Rome (Italy), May 17, 2025. The Great Jubilee Procession of the Brotherhoods, with the participation of the Christ of the Expiration of the Brotherhood of Cachorro of Seville and the Virgin of Hope of Malaga. Photo: Raúl Doblado. ARCHSEV.

Penitent during Semana Santa (Holy Week) along rainy street, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

People in Baroque costumes and masks, Dreieinigkeitskirche, Trinity Church, at back, Venetian Fair, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Oaxaca, Mexico, A person wearing a condom costume walks with a health worker handing out free condoms as part of a fight against sexually-transmitted diseases. Here they pass the Catholic cathedral, Templo de Santo Domingo Guzman. Catholics are forbidden to use condoms for contraception, but may use them to prevent disease, Central America

Infiorata of the Corpus Domini. Servigliano. Marche

Macereto Sanctuary. Feast of the Madonna. Visso. Marche. Italy

Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - June 8, 2023: Street scene of the Sao Goncalo Annual Festival Of Sand Carpets. The religious event is a tradition and a tourist attraction.

Germany, Hessen, Frankfurt am Main. Konstabler Wache, holiday flea market.

bendicion de los animales de Sant Antoni,patron de los animales domesticos,Llucmajor, Mallorca, islas baleares, Spain.

Archdc Toledo 04-14-14 Holy Week 2014. Holy Monday. Procession of the Holy Christ of Hope Photo: Luna Revenga.

The Krampus In The South Tirol Area Of Northern Italy

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