Easter processions and parking restrictions in Jimena

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JIMENA You may have come across La Borriquita last Sunday, Palm Sunday. The processsion was to commemorate the arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem on a donkey - a favourite of children during Semana Santa (Holy Week). On Maundy Thursday, out comes El Cristo Atado a la Columna (Christ Tied to the Column)  and on Good Friday it is El Santo Entierro (The Holy Burial). The processional route is likely to be similar if not the same as for La Borriquita: down hill via Santa Ana, Sevilla, Plaza Constitución (El Paeo, main square), Jincaleta and Barrera, to end up at the parish Church in San Francisco ( It must be said that a new association in Jimena called Amigos de la Semana Santa (Friends of Holy Week) has made it possible to add these last two after many years of either total absence of Holy Week processions in the village, or the single procession of La Borriquita on Palm Sunday. It can take years to fan the flames of faith in such a place as this, but they have done it in less, though not without enormous effort. (Parking restrictions will apply throughout, see below)>>>

Daily ten minute chaos - and danger

This is what we see every school day. Cars parked on the pavement, mothers and children unable to get safely to school. We repeat, the police are just a few metres away but ignore it. Is there some reason why these parents, some of whom we know well (do you recognise your cars?), can't park about thirty metres away? Is that too far to walk? One day a nasty accident will happen - we just hope we're not there to see it?

A bit imperialistic, this kind of parking...

(Photo: JimenaPulse)

Today is market day in Jimena, which is why this large van was moved yesterday evening from the place where the market is held,  to here. Here is not more than thirty meters from another flat piece of land. But no, the van had to take up three parking spaces at the busiest place in the village, on its busiest day. Imperialistic, we call it! As well as extremely inconsiderate and selfish.