Pedro Manzano left the Basilica around four in the morning on December 8. He spent a lot of time checking the lighting, a fundamental element on days like those when an image reappears. Then he went home to try … rest. But very soon he arrived at his workshop to see what the people’s reaction had been. His happiness in those moments had no limits. Later, when he returned to the Macarena at noon, the audience’s applause was the best gift.
Repainted on the outside. Besides internal repairs, the key to Manzano’s work was removing everything the Virgin had accumulated since Arquillo’s 1978 restoration and rewinding time to its original appearance. Then shade with glazes so that the face does not look flat. The restorer cannot make any hypothesis of authorship but assures that it is an exceptional image. And what does it smell like? With tuberose. Like the rods that were brought to him by the dozen every day.
head. Yesterday he took office to usher in a new era. His team was already working on organizing the San Gil Hand Kiss, which aims to resemble some of those that take place in the parish. In the absence of the dressing room board, it seems clear that a young Macareno, Miguel Carrasco, responsible for the outfit of the Virgin of Loreto and the Incarnation of Barzola, will play an important role in this team.
The Virgin of Montserrat in the abbey
Montserrat. This year, there will be no qualifiers to define it. After everything they experienced, this brotherhood marked another turning point in the history of Holy Week, the procession in the Catalan monastery. There was the crier José Antonio Rodríguez who had to leave the sanctuary at five in the morning and take a plane to arrive at Pureza Street at three in the afternoon, when they would go down to Esperanza to kiss his hand.
Early morning. Something is something and next year there will be a 15 minute extension so that the Silence will enter the bell at one o’clock. Maundy Thursday is also 15 minutes late. Thus begins the process of unification of the continents…
Pay to leave. It is clear that the police unions have taken sides and are targeting the fraternities in their protest against over-services. The suspension of the rosary and the transfer of Las Aguas and three other processions is only the beginning. The Council received a message for these brotherhoods to “modify their routes passing through pedestrian zones or celebrate them statically without affecting traffic”.
Museum. Faced with protests over their situation, the brotherhoods of the time and conciliar sources recall that two solutions were then put on the table. The first in time was an exchange with Santa Marta which did not take place. The second, a change of order on the condition that the Museum arrives in La Campana through Monsalves and not through Alfonso XII. In this case, it was the brotherhood of deans who rejected him. Despite everything, the harassment of older brother Ángel Casal can have short-term effects…
The confessional
“Yes, Fernando Vaz already announced a long time ago that he would wear the tunic next year. His successor? A Loreto sounds” “It seems that the Pope loved the San Agustín of José María Leal that José Luís Aldea presented to him in the audience. He told Esperanza de Málaga that the Virgin they were going to give him would be used to carry to the sick. “Have you read Adrián Ríos in the latest newsletter of Silencio where he writes about the controversy of Mary co-redemptrix and that…? If you understand, I will invite you to a panettone torrija, which is fashionable at the moment.” “Among the altars of the Immaculate Conception, that of the Kiss of Judas or that of Silence were very good. Well, the Virgin of Santa Cruz, impressive. La Hiniesta, very rare…”
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