SEVILLE — Ana María Ruiz Copete, a sister in the oldest religious
brotherhood of Seville, has been anticipating this Easter celebration
for 30 years.
On Friday, the Brotherhood of Silence will include for the first time
Ms. Ruiz Copete and 25 other women in one of the traditional processions
of hooded penitents that have put the Andalusian capital at the center
stage of Catholic celebrations of the Holy Week. Over the course of the
week, 60 brotherhoods follow different routes across Seville, holding
giant candles and walking alongside richly decorated floats, which are
lifted by teams of strong men and on which wooden religious sculptures
are placed.
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