Friday, February 4, 2011

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Revolution in Sevilla
's
Holy Week
Folklore: An processions with pointed hats and robes occurring believers that were previously called "Nazarenos" , must now also "Nazarenas", ie the female sex are allowed. Other hand, had been fiercely resisted some parishes.
has 25 years did it take until the tie was made in all the parishes of Seville. Began the struggle against male domination in 1986. In 1997 there was also progress with new diocesan regulations. 2001
urged Cardinal Amigo
, the then Erbischof of Seville, in a pastoral letter again for a final participation of women in all parishes. For some Pfarrein it had understood today to escape the pressures of modernization. Now is definitely an end of it:
Archbishop Asenjo
adopted a decree that full equality between men and women prevail. In theory, there was this equality for some time, but the male side had the women refused to participate with a simple trick: They divided them no places in the procession group.
By Decree replied the archbishop now to the requests from various women who wanted to participate as Nazarenerinnen in the processions, the following words: "As a shepherd of the Church of Seville, I can not ignore this request, but note with interest the applications for the many nurses, the major difficulties in their parishes encounter if they want equal rights with their brethren in the procession, this part of the instrument so pious veneration of saints. "
With a decree had to be the hardened hearts of male Christians "aufpickeln" would otherwise be in terms of equal rights probably did not do anything. With concentrated force of law had once taken for granted be stated, namely that "must be absolute equality between the members of parishes in the archdiocese and fraternities, without any discrimination on grounds of sex, and it was included to participate in the processions of penitents as an act of external worship. The lawyer Joaquín Moeckel, an expert on the Holy Week in Seville business has a clear opinion.. "The decree is miserable and is much too late with this decree was the third time the rules changed, but it comes too late it. is too much time has passed. In that time, the parishes have split, there were many problems and debates between believers. And the contents of the decree is poor, very poor. . And in the great lawyers, it gave the archdiocese until recently "
See also: The Resurrected goes without permission
Rainy Semana Santa in Seville
Information Source: Diario de Sevilla - Nazarenas en todas las cofradías









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