Saturday, April 18, 2009

Black is beautiful

Here are some photographic impressions from this year's Arrastre de Caudas in Quito, collected from all over the web:















































If you want to see some moving pictures, here is a 5 minute feature from a TV station in Ecuador. The language is Spanish, of course, but the pictures are great. I especially like the scene in the sacristy, where you can see how the canons are vested for the event.

1 comment:

John said...

Welcome back. Stunning pictures and video. One wonders about the hood over the biretta, but who messes with such an old tradition?