Being a Catholic country, Spain celebrates Semana Santa, or Holy Week, in the most wonderful ways. I have shown you some of the fiestas before, however this year I got to visit a new one.
Palm Sunday is celebrated very uniquely in the nearby city of Elche, with a procession of palm sculptures. The palms are wrapped in bags for month beforehand, to bleach the fronds, then woven into the most incredible tall sculptures.
Some are abstract patterns, some represent scenes from the Bible, but all are detailed, taking around two weeks to make.
The slow procession is accompanied by bands, and an icon of Jesus, around the centre of the city, before finishing in the cathedral.
A wonderful morning, and well worth seeing, the sheer dedication of the weavers is incredible.
There are of course many magnificent gold work banners to accompany the parade.
Hope you are all having a lovely time whatever you are doing, and thanks as always for visiting.
Stitches of Time 
Those palm-leaf sculptures look astonishing!
They are fantastic, there were also lots of stalls selling smaller ones that you could put in the house or tiny brooch ones. One of our sewing group showed us how to make one and they are quite difficult, as the fronds are very stiff.
I can imagine. Do they soak them to soften them, or is that a canework thing only?