Every year on the 3rd of May we here in Spain celebrate the Cruces de Mayo. It is in fact actually a 4 day celebration with music, make shift bars, dancing and most importantly, the decorated crosses. The pictures really don’t do them justice in my opinion, an incredible amount of work goes into the making of the crosses and their settings as you will see. This year, there are 4 outside displays and 6 indoor. Many of them have bars and entertainment, others are just large shrines. Since yesterday was May Day, the 1st of May and everyone was on holiday, most also took today off to make it a 4 day weekend, we do that a lot here. One or two of these small bars, will go on well into the very wee hours of the morning. I remember last year going to work the following morning, and there were still people hanging on for dear life at one of the outdoor bars. The first cross shown is actually a fountain, and the cross itself is made from fresh flowers. I will be posting photos of a different cross each day until all have been shown.
This is absolutely lovely. I just have to get there and see it all in person (or at least from behind my lense). How lucky you are! We have a large community of Latinos and Cinco De Mayo is really big (and fun) here too!
All the best
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I was born and raised in Sevilla, and I miss the cruces de Mayo. I think that I am going to convince the youth in my church in Virginia to make one. Maybe I can start a new movement in the US!