Post by Wynette: In addition to the Palm Sunday procession that Charlie wrote about earlier, we saw two other semana santa (holy week) processions. For all 3, we more or less just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
For the first, below, we were sitting on the main plaza having coffee and noticed lots of people and said “wow, people sure like to hang out on this plaza”. Then we heard a band and saw a float with Jesus riding the donkey into Jerusalem.
Following the float was a marching band. They were good. Incredible trumpet playing. Even though the songs weren’t exactly spanish songs, they sounded so spanish with the trumpet. I was quite moved by it.
Then, our last night inToledo (April 2), as we were heading back from the restaurant to our hotel, we saw crowds lining up along one of the main streets, so we found a spot and waited for another procession. Another float with Jesus, and, I think, the same wonderful band we heard before. That’s the top of Toledo’s stunning cathedral behind the float.
Notice that several people, in hoods, are carrying this one. The first one, of Jesus on the donkey, was on a wagon that was pulled along by a single man. We were amazed he could do that.