Holy Week 2016
With the conquest of the Canary Islands in 1500, religious orders began to supplant the indigenous beliefs and from that moment, the main celebrations started to commemorate the Catholic rite.
Holy Week in La Laguna is the oldest of the Canary Islands and this is probably the place where people feel it more intensely.
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A member of 'El Santísimo Cristo del Rescate y Nuestra Señora de los Dolores' brotherhood, waits inside a room for the start of the procession during the beginning of the Holy Week in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Friday, March 18, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez/Diario de Avisos)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A member of 'El Santísimo Cristo del Rescate y Nuestra Señora de los Dolores' brotherhood, puts on the processional clothes inside the church, during the beginning of the Holy Week in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Friday, March 18, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez/Diario de Avisos)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
Two members of 'El Santísimo Cristo del Rescate y Nuestra Señora de los Dolores' brotherhood, talk and get ready after the procession during the beginning of the Holy Week in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Friday, March 18, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez/Diario de Avisos)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent from 'El Santísimo Cristo del Rescate y Nuestra Señora de los Dolores' brotherhood, puts on a glove during the beginning of the Holy Week in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Friday, March 18, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez/Diario de Avisos)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
Two costaleros of 'La Sentencia' brotherhood wait for the weather forecast to see of they are allowed to start the procession, during the Holy Week in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, March 20, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A girl, member of 'La Santa Faz' brotherhood, waits in a strong wind for the start of the procession during the Holy Week in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
Kids of 'la Santa Faz' brotherhood wait for the procession to start while they are spending time making jokes in the church during the Holy Week in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A group of kids of 'La Santa Faz' brotherhood, have fun and play minutes after the procession during the Holy Week in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent of 'La Santa Faz' brotherhood, dresses up in the San Benito`s church and gets ready for the procession during the Holy Week in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A member of 'La Esperanza Macarena' brotherhood, looks her self in a mirror and puts on a Spanish 'mantilla', during the Holy Week in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez/Diario de Avisos)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
Members of 'La Esperanza Macarena' brotherhood, dress up and wait for the beginnig of the procession during the Holy Week in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez/Diario de Avisos)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A hooded penitent of 'Jesus Cautivo' brotherhood gets in a house where they are getting ready for the procession during the Holy Week in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A group of hooded penitents of 'La Esperanza Macarena' brotherhood, walk through the streets of the city while people are having dinner in the pubs during the Holy Week in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
'Costaleros' of 'La Esperanza Macarena' brotherhood pray in front of their patron saint before the starting of her procession during the Holy Week in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
'Costaleras' of 'Jesus Cautivo' brotherhood wait for the priest to bless them before the starting of the procession during the Holy Week in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
One of the assistants of the 'Costaleras' gets emotional when she sees her partners getting out from the church during the Holy Week in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
holy weekeastersemana santatenerifesanta cruz de tenerifeislas canariasfereligioniglesiacatolicoscristoandresgutierrez
Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
A penitent walks with a candle during 'La Procesión del Silencio' celebrated on Easter in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, April 17, 2016.(Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
The overseer of 'la Esperanza Macarena' brotherhood gives directions to the 'Costaleros' to take out safely the religious statue during the Holy Week in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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Holy Week 2016 - Tenerife
Hundreds of believers attend the procession of 'La Macarena' during the Holy Week in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Thursday, March 24, 2016. (Andrés Gutiérrez)
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