Photo from my apartment’s terrace. 

I got a little taste of what Semana Santa will be like when the Divina Pastora Triana was carried through the streets of Triana over the weekend.  It was pretty incredible–there is a full orchestra that walks behind her and their music seems to thunder through the tiny winding streets.  The actual saint is huge–I think there were 30 people underneath carrying her.

Each saint is taken care of by a brotherhood or hermandad, which is a group of Catholic lay men that organize the processions.  In actuality, the processions are a form of penance and a public display of faith.

Here’s a couple of the videos I shot from the terrace of my apartment: