Imagen

English translation: it\'s a religious statue that it is paraded through the streets during a religious holiday

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Spanish term or phrase:Imagen
English translation:it\'s a religious statue that it is paraded through the streets during a religious holiday
Entered by: broca

20:30 Dec 10, 2013
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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Spanish term or phrase: Imagen
La imagen de Jesús de los Afligidos de El Puerto de Santa María
Is it image, statue?

http://elbarrocojerezano.blogspot.com.es/2013/08/la-imagen-d...

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broca
Local time: 11:35
it's a religious statue that it is paraded through the streets during a religious holiday
Explanation:
Jesus, Mary, and the saints give a trip around town as part of religious processions in Spain. (Try googling it in images mode.)

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Sorry, the "it" shouldn't be in my answer.
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4 +3it's a religious statue that it is paraded through the streets during a religious holiday
Jenni Lukac (X)
4 +2Figure
Edward Tully
4Effigy
Lisa McCarthy
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imagen
Janice Giffin

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it's a religious statue that it is paraded through the streets during a religious holiday


Explanation:
Jesus, Mary, and the saints give a trip around town as part of religious processions in Spain. (Try googling it in images mode.)

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Sorry, the "it" shouldn't be in my answer.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 11:35
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agree  Yvonne Gallagher
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agree  Giedre Asin Marco
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agree  Janice Giffin
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Figure


Explanation:
For me, given that it's a 3D representation...

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Limpias, Cantabria, Spain - Vvww.net



www.vvww.net/articles/limpias.html






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Above the alter of the church is a life-size figure of Jesus on the Cross, and below on ... are the Monastery of Santa Maria and the Santa Maria de Puerto church.


The audience is up close and personal at the He is Risen show ...



www.tripadvisor.es › ... › Florida (FL) › Florida central › Orlando‎




A wax figure of Jesus at the last suffer offers the host ... Roquetas de Mar · Deluxe Inn en Swainsboro · Hotel Duques de Medinaceli en El Puerto de Santa María ...


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Festivals in Spain: Holy Week. spain.info in English



www.spain.info/.../las_multiples_sensaciones_de_la_...



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Holy Week in Spain is intense and is experienced in a different way in each city: ... of the Virgin Mary as they parade through the narrow streets of the old town. ... moving moments of all is when the figure of Jesus Christ blesses the convict.


Easter in Spain - Quite a spectacle! - Eye on Spain



www.eyeonspain.com/.../easter-in-spain---quite-a-sp...



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27/03/2013 - Spain is completely transformed during Easter week. ... statues of the Virgin Mary as they parade through the narrow streets of the old town. ... most moving moments of all is when the figure of Jesus Christ blesses the convict.


Semana Santa - Costa Calida Chronicle



www.costacalidachronicle.com/.../2151-semana-sant...



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The figure of Jesus is hauled up onto a cross in the church square to the ... The parades in Cartagena take place throughout Easter week, although the most ...


Easter week, the most traditional celebration in Spain



www.spainisculture.com/.../las_multiples_sensacione...






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However, if you have never visited Spain during Easter week, then you just have to ... of the Virgin Mary as they parade through the narrow streets of the old town. ... This is one of the most emotive moments, when the figure of Jesus Christ ...


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2 very "English" web sites...

Holy Week - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Week‎






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In Eastern Orthodox tradition, Holy Week starts on Lazarus Saturday, the day ..... The figure of Christ is taken down from the Cross, and a richly-embroidered ...

BBC News - In pictures: Easter parade in Caracas



news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8598446.stm‎



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01/04/2010 - In pictures: Easter parade in Caracas. The Basilica of Santa Teresa in .... The belief is that in Holy Week, the Christ figure will perform miracles.

Edward Tully
Local time: 11:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 139
Notes to answerer
Asker: These are mostly Spanish websites. Would figure be idiomatic?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria-Ines Arratia: Great references, thank you!
12 hrs
  -> Many thanks! ;-)

agree  Nicholas Callaway: I agree with figure over statue, as statue evokes a larger, free-standing representation
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Many thanks Nicholas! ;-)
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Effigy


Explanation:
This seems to be used in this context:

Life Force Magazine
www.lifeforcemagazine.com/jan2013/index_11.htm
At the end of the procession, carried by forty men, comes an effigy of the Virgin Mary. She is surrounded by candles reflecting her pain and sorrow for the death ...

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PROCESSION 1942-9 LEEDS | YFA
yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/procession-1942-9-leeds‎
The film opens with lines of people in procession and a banner declaring "God ... The effigy of the Virgin Mary is carried down the paved street followed by nuns ...

Chapter LII - CliffsNotes
www.cliffsnotes.com › Literature Notes › Don Quixote‎
The scuffle is interrupted by the appearance of a procession of penitents carrying a hooded effigy of the Virgin Mary. Assuming that they are abductors detaining ...

Palin's Travels: Valencia, Spain, Hemingway Adventure
palinstravels.co.uk/book-2371‎
... are now gathering two or three deep along the route of yet another procession. ... flowers through the city to a forty-foot high wooden effigy of the Virgin Mary.
things to do in and around Valencia

www.rawlinsholden.com/Things to do around Valencia.h...
One such procession, known as the 'Ofrenda', features a two day long stream of flower bearers proceeding to decorate a huge effigy of the Virgin Mary outside ...

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Diary for Rachel`s Big Trip - Get Jealous.com
www.getjealous.com/printdiary.php?diary_id=302683&cust_url....
6 Apr 2007 - I arrived on Palm Sunday and there have been processions through the ... of the cross, followed by a huge platform carrying an effigy of Jesus.

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 11:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 76

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Janice Giffin: "Likenesses of religious figures in sculpture are not normally called effigies." See my reference
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16 hrs
Reference: imagen

Reference information:
Likenesses of religious figures in sculpture are not normally called effigies.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effigy
    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effigy
Janice Giffin
Italy
Specializes in field
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PRO pts in category: 4
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