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| Many children participated in the four hour walk |
Each guild has its own color of outfits. The men, called cofradias, cover their heads to be anonymous. This is a tradition started many years ago by the bullfighters of the Carmelite Church El Carmen. This guild are the Preciosa Sangre.
the alters are carried on platforms called Andas. The largest weigh up to half a ton. They take up to thirty men to carry. The bearers are called Costaleros, sack men, also known as "men with shoulders"
the women are wearing the local traditional silk shawls
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