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  • Music with guitars, singing and dancing Sevillanas at any opportunity mark the joyous nature of the pilgrimage. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Women in flamenco dresses in the sand dunes. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Sunset light illuminates the pilgrims one evening. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Arrival in the woods near to El Rocio. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • A pilgrim with a Mickey Mouse poncho walks in the rain. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Nightime celebrations with a mixture of prayers, flamenco singing, dancing around camp fires. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Nightime celebrations with a mixture of prayers, flamenco singing, dancing around camp fires. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • A pilgrim with a vow of silence, writing on her arm to communicate to others. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Nightime celebrations with a mixture of prayers, flamenco singing, dancing around camp fires. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Dancing Sevillanas with drums and flute. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Dancing Sevillanas. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Nightime celebrations with a mixture of prayers, flamenco singing, dancing around camp fires. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Woman with flamenco dress under the shade of her hat. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Dancing Sevillanas, the merry pilgrims stop for a lunch break. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Dancing Sevillanas with drums and flute. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Nightime celebrations with a mixture of prayers, flamenco singing, dancing around camp fires. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Singing Sevillanas at a lunch break. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Sunset light illuminates the walking pilgrims one evening. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Several women dressed in flamenco dresses, sing sevillanas, in a landrover. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Family with horsemen and child, as a storm approaches. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Arriving in the dust near El Rocio after a weeks march. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Festivities, dancing and singing on the first day of the pilgrimmage. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Christening: Catholic baptism for a baby en route to El Rocio. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • The pilgrim route of the Hermandad de Triana de Sevilla to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Christening: Catholic baptism for a baby en route to El Rocio. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Woman waking up in the campsite early morning and preparing for the day ahead. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Walking through the sand dunes. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • A pilgrim walks with a vow of silence. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • A horseman rides past a sign to El Rocio and Sanlucar. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • A pilgrim with a vow of silence, writing on her arm to communicate to others. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Nightime celebrations with a mixture of prayers, flamenco singing, dancing around camp fires. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Nightime celebrations with a mixture of prayers, flamenco singing, dancing around camp fires. The pilgrim route of the Hermandade de Sanlucar de Barrameda from Sanlucar across the Parque Donana to El Rocio, Huelva Province, Andalusia, Spain...El Rocio follows on from Semana Santa - Easter week and the various spring ferias, of which Seville's Feria de Abril (April) is the biggest. The processions to the (Hermitage) Hermita de El Rocío, at Pentecost, is the most famous (Romeria) pilgrimage in the Andalusian region, attracting nearly a million people from across Andalusia, Spain and the world. The cult started off in the 13th century when a statue of the virgin Mary was apparently found in a tree trunk in the Donana Park. What was first a local devotion at Pentecost by local pilgrim brotherhoods "hermandades" became by the 19th century into dozens of fraternities developed from such as Cadiz, Selville and Huelva. Some walk for several days, others travel with oxen drawn wagons or on horseback, with traction engines and all terrain vehicles, camping along the trail they take. They wear Andalusian costumes, tight breeches, boots, short jackets and frilly flamenco skirts. Many festivities, flamenco dance, laments, songs and music are combined with religious prayers. Devout pilgrims walk as a penance, keeping vows of silence. An emblem of the immaculate conception (sin peche) is carried. On the Pentecost after the stroke of midnight on the whit Sunday the virgin Mary is carried from the church through the streets of El Rocio by each hermandade to visit each brotherhood's shrine.
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  • Maria, an Italian Sinti, prays to Saint Sara, the Gypsies' patron saint, in the crypt. For centuries, Roma Gypsies were not allowed to set foot inside the church itself, they were only allowed into the crypt below. During the yearly french Gypsy pilgrimage of Saintes Maries de la Mer. Camargue, France
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  • Roma, some from Django Reinhardt's family, play music during the Catholic Gypsy pilgrimage to Lourdes. France August 1997
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  • Maria, an Italian Sinti, prays to Saint Sara, the Gypsies' patron saint, in the crypt. For centuries, Roma Gypsies were not allowed to set foot inside the church itself, they were only allowed into the crypt below. During the yearly french Gypsy pilgrimage of Saintes Maries de la Mer. Camargue, France
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  • Manouche Roma Gypsies from Alsace playing music in the camping at Saintes Maries de la Mer during the Gypsy pilgrimage<br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year
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  • Manouche Roma Gypsies from Alsace playing music in the camping at Saintes Maries de la Mer during the Gypsy pilgrimage<br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year
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  • A young girl flexes her muscles in a camping site, during the Gypsy pilgrimage of Saintes Maries de la Mer. Camargue, France
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  • Negrita plays guitar at the Clarouset. An evening celebration during the Gypsy pilgrimage of Saintes Maries de la Mer. Camargue, France
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  • Manouche Roma Gypsies from Alsace playing music in the camping at Saintes Maries de la Mer during the Gypsy pilgrimage<br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year
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  • Doerr, a Roma violinist holds the hand of his granddaughter, whilst she plays in the surf, during the Gypsy pilgrimage of Saintes Maries de la Mer. Camargue, France
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  • Gitans dancing late at night, during the Gypsy pilgrimage of Saintes Maries de la Mer. Camargue, France
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  • Manouche Roma Gypsies from Alsace playing music in the camping at Saintes Maries de la Mer during the Gypsy pilgrimage<br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year
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  • José LaFleur, a Manouche, carries the Gypsy standard into the sea, during the Gypsy pilgrimage of Saintes Maries de la Mer. Camargue, France
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  • Roma Gypsies praying to Saint Sara, their patron saint, during a church mass where the relics, of the cousins of Mary Magdelaine, of the Saint Marys Salome and Jacobe are lowered to the altar from the chapel above. Gypsy pilgrimage of Saintes Maries de la Mer. Camargue, France
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. The Gypsies, pilgrims and participants of the festival at Saintes Maries. The Gypsy festival attracts many well known characters, both visiting Gypsies and locals all dressed up for the occasion. Everyone loves to dress up and are proud of their traditions and culture.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. The Gypsies, pilgrims and participants of the festival at Saintes Maries. The Gypsy festuval attracts many well known characters, both visiting Gypsies and locals all dressed up for the occasion. Everyone loves to dress up and are proud of their traditions and culture.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. The Gypsies, pilgrims and participants of the festival at Saintes Maries. The Gypsy festuval attracts many well known characters, both visiting Gypsies and locals all dressed up for the occasion. Everyone loves to dress up and are proud of their traditions and culture.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Afternoon party at the Sinti camping. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gitans praying to Saint Sara and the Maries during a procession. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gitans carry the statues of the Saintes Maries in their little boat from the church. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gitan with candle praying to Saint Sara. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gypsy caravans parked alongside the road at midnight. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. The Gypsies hold candles during the mass 'Ascent de la chasse'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Christening a child in the sea after a procession. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • The Manouche family of Pepe LaFleur, who had more than 70 grand children, he was king of his clan. A devout pilgrim, charismatic character ever present at Saintes Maries de la Mer for the Gypsy Festival for decades. Pepe LaFleur always well dressed with flashy shirts, hats and heavy gold jewelery, living all year round in a beautiful and traditional wooden wagon a 'roulotte' with effigies of Saint Sara and lace curtains. He always carried the Manouche Gypsy Standard 'Le pelerinage des Gitans' to the sea with his cousins<br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. The Gypsies, pilgrims and participants of the festival at Saintes Maries. The Gypsy festuval attracts many well known characters, both visiting Gypsies and locals all dressed up for the occasion. Everyone loves to dress up and are proud of their traditions and culture.
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  • Manouche young catholic girls. holding candles, awaiting their christenings in the church.<br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. Gypsies praying inside the church and crypt, to their patron Saint Sara and to the Saintes Maries. Marie Jacobe and Marie Salome. Catholic gypsies come from all over Europe to celebrate this festival in mid-May every year. There are many masses, christenings and private prayers during the gypsy pilgrimmage.
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  • Gitan and Manouche young catholic girls. holding candles, praying to Saint Sara in the crypt of Saintes Maries church.<br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. Gypsies praying inside the church and crypt, to their patron Saint Sara and to the Saintes Maries. Marie Jacobe and Marie Salome. Catholic gypsies come from all over Europe to celebrate this festival in mid-May every year. There are many masses, christenings and private prayers during the gypsy pilgrimmage.
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  • Gitan, Sinti and Manouche Roma pilgrims come to meet their beloved Saint Sara, the patron saint of the Gypsies, in her place in the crypt, black and full of soot from the candles around her statue. <br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. Saint Sara, the patron saint of the gitans. Gypsies come from all over Europe to pay hommage to her during the 'pelerinage des gitans' the gypsy pilgrimmage. They camp around the seaside town for 2 weeks of the year, where they are tolerated by the locals. The carry Saint Sara and the Saintes Maries from the church to the seashore in two cermonies on the 24th and 25th of May every year.
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  • Gitan rhumba music played in restaurants and bars. Music is their life blood, an essential part of Roma, Gitan and Manouche culture. Often a singer will improvise on an old song, singing praises on homage to someone or of love or sorrow, of persecution ill treatment. Their history is often remembered, and shared in songs rather than written down.<br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. Gypsy music, dance and occasionally even bears are part of the traditional culture brought by Gypsies to the festival at Saintes Maries de la Mer, May every year. The Gypsy pilgrimmage brings gypsies from all over Europe for their annual festival.
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  • Memorial for the Concentration Camp for Gitan Gypsies at Saliers Camargue France. During the Gypsy Pilgrimmage of Saintes Maries de la Mer<br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year
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  • Gitan prilgrims carry the two Saint Marys 'Marie Salome and Marie Jacobe' cousins of Mary Magdalene during the Gypsy Pilgrimmage of Saintes Maries de la Mer<br />
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Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year
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  • Europe, France, Saintes Maries de la Mer. Aerial view over seaside town. Gypsies come from all over Europe transforming the town for two weeks during mid-May. The catholic festival main days take place 24th & 25th May.Their caravans and trailers fill parkings, the market place 'place des gitans' and roadside verges.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. A Gitan Gypsy girl is made up by her mother before going to church. The Gypsy festival "le Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer" takes place every year in mid May. Gypsies arrive from all over Europe a few weeks before the main festival days, the 24th and 25th May.  The pilgrimmage is Catholic but many Gypsies, Manouche, Gitans, Roma come to see their patron 'Saint Sara' and for the festival atmosphere, the yearly gathering of friends, the music and dance. Gypsies are still regarded with much distrust and racism, they are not liked by the shopkeepers but are well treated by the gentry, especially the Baroncelli family who were instrumental in making this officially a Gypsy festival. One Hundred years ago the Gypsies were not allowed into the church, as it is they still have to camp outside the town.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. A Roma Gypsy girl with a candle awaits  her christening, in a church. The Gypsy festival "le Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer" takes place every year in mid May. Gypsies arrive from all over Europe a few weeks before the main festival days, the 24th and 25th May.  The pilgrimmage is Catholic but many Gypsies, Manouche, Gitans, Roma come to see their patron 'Saint Sara' and for the festival atmosphere, the yearly gathering of friends, the music and dance. Gypsies are still regarded with much distrust and racism, they are not liked by the shopkeepers but are well treated by the gentry, especially the Baroncelli family who were instrumental in making this officially a Gypsy festival. One Hundred years ago the Gypsies were not allowed into the church, as it is they still have to camp outside the town.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gitans carrying the Saints Maries Jacobe and Salome down to the seashore. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gypsies on procession from the church to the sea. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gypsies crying and praying to their Saint Sara during church mass. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gitan boys and their puppy dog in a camping car. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Breakfast for three young Gitan girls. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. The early morning before the last procession, Gitans arrange their caravans to return home. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. A Sinti embraces the wooden effigy of 'Saint Sara'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Manouche with his violin and his daughter in the surf at the end of Sara's procession. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gitans during the mass for 'La descent de la chasse'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gitan girl during baptism in church. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Pilgrims in the chapel during 'Le descent de la chasse'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Lighting canles for Saint Sara after a christeningGypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer. Saint Sara in the cyrpt surrounded by candles. The Gypsy festival "le Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer" takes place every year in mid May. Gypsies arrive from all over Europe a few weeks before the main festival days, the 24th and 25th May.  The pilgrimmage is Catholic but many Gypsies, Manouche, Gitans, Roma come to see their patron 'Saint Sara' and for the festival atmosphere, the yearly gathering of friends, the music and dance. Gypsies are still regarded with much distrust and racism, they are not liked by the shopkeepers but are well treated by the gentry, especially the Baroncelli family who were instrumental in making this officially a Gypsy festival. One Hundred years ago the Gypsies were not allowed into the church, as it is they still have to camp outside the town.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Candles to Saint Sara in the chapel above the alter. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Manitas de Plata dances at 'Le Clarousset'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Party at Pizla's camping one night. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. The celebrated Manouche Pepe Lafleur on the steps of his roulotte. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Caravans on the lakeside at sunset. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Birds eye view over Saintes Maries, with Gypsy caravans parked around the town. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gitan girl dances rhumba with a crab in her hand. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. The Gypsies hold candles during the mass 'Ascent de la chasse'. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Dogs guard the road as the Gypsies sleep. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Lighting canles for Saint Sara after a christeningGypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Candles to Saint Sara in the chapel above the alter. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. The church square is animated during the festival evenings. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gitan girl in the arms of her father. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Party at Pizla's camping one night. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Fishing in the pond at sunset. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gitan with candle praying to Saint Sara. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Famille Doerr during christening. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Festivities at the Baptiste family camping after a christening. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Gypsies and Bohemians walk back to the beach after the procession. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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  • Europe, France, Camargue, Saintes Maries de la Mer, Gypsy Pilgrimmage 'Pelerinage des Gitans aux Saintes Maries de la Mer'. Ariel view over procession at the seashore. Gypsies from all over the world come to celebrate their patron Saint Sara who is carried by them from the church to the sea-shore. May 24th and 25th every year.
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