Semana Santa in Spain

Easter is a deeply religious time in Spain, a time of fasting, penance and processions. Major events take place on Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Palm Sunday. We have pictures of the Semana Santa parade in Merida, Spain. The head covering you see in these pictures is called an antifaz (the piece of cloth covering the faces of nazarenos and penitents) and it's held together by the capirote (a cardboard cone inside the antifaz, keeping it upright on the head).