Female Penetents - SpainEver wondered why Easter’s date wanders around? Because it’s determined by the lunar calendar. Easter is celebrated at the first Sunday after the first full Moon, after the Spring Equinox. It can therefore arrive anywhere between March 21st and April 25th.
This shifting of dates used to cause me big problems in Spain when I photographed the Easter processions, the reason being that the more dramatic processions take place in the evening or through the night. So if Easter falls in mid to late April I can take photographs until the early evening, but if Easter falls at the end of March it gets dark too early.
This year Easter is too early for my style of photography which is just as well because I won't be there. This year I'm celebrating Easter in the UK, swapping fiestas and fireworks for long dog walks in the countryside and garden centres - very British!
The Christian meaning aside, Easter (named after a Germanic goddess, Eostre) has elements of fertility, the resurrection of nature and new beginings. Whatever your views on the spring holidays, I wish you a happy holiday.
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lovely post, you learn something new everyday. happy easter, fron ireland
ReplyDeleteTim, that photo is good design all the way around: shape, line, color contrast, light, shadow, mystery. You got it all in that one. But I gotta tell ya, those hoods are freakin' me out.
ReplyDeleteVery nice post. Enjoy your British holiday- cheers!
ReplyDeleteHmm I've always wandered why the date hops around, now i know.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Carey about the hoods!
Happy easter in the Uk.
Saludos