Semana Santa Setenil, Jueves Santo: Holy Week Setenil, Holy Thursday

Semana Santa, Holy Week, is a big deal in Spain, and celebrated in each town or city with processions. The Holy Week of Setenil is especially beautiful, and has been declared of National Tourist Interest. A multitude of people poured into our tiny village to witness the processions. Semana Santa in Setenil is put on my the two brotherhoods of the town: the Hermandad de la Santa Vera Cruz (los blancos) and the Hermandad de Nuestro Padre Jesus (los negros). The processions of the first day, Holy Thursday are put on by los blancos.
Ben and I made our way to the Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Encarnation (what we refer to as "the big church on the hill) at 8pm on Thursday to watch the procession begin.

The images carried are Senor Amarrao a la Columna (Our Lord scourged at the pilar) and Nuestra Senora de los Dolores (Our Lady of Sorrows).

At 1:30 AM on Good Friday there was also a beautiful silent procession where the whole town turned off their lights and the procession made its way through town lit by candles, the only sound was the songs of prayer. We're currently working on getting pictures off my phone, so we should have pics of this soon.