Simple Exposures

It's that time of year again, Easter or patch as some call it, a week where some celebrate Jesus' resurrection from the dead, a few days after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary. Easter time, as we all know, isn't a fixed holiday. This is due to the fact it follows the Julian calendar, which depends entirely on the cycle of the sun. It is determined by a lunisolar calendar similar the Hebrew one. This post is mainly focused on the Spanish Easter week, or as they call it ' Semana Santa '. Depending on what area you are in, it is celebrated one way or another, but the main attraction is the massive holy parades taken place. I will speak from now on solemnly of the city of Málaga, where I have seen them first hand.  The parades start on 'Domingo de Ramos' or Palm Sunday in English and end on the following Sunday, resurrection Sunday. There are around 6 to 8 parades taken place daily walking many streets of the city. Each parade cons...

Freedom   Equality Justice Fairness Firstly, I would like to point out the difference between racism and xenophobia as many people treat these as synonyms when in fact they are very different.  Xenophobia refers to those who have a fear or dislike for something or someone that is different to them or unknown. Racism refers to the disrespect one person has towards another of a different race.  What is a race? The word technically only has a social meaning, although many relate to it a biological one.  In a social sense, a race is a group of people who are bound together by their morphology or ancestry with common inherited features that distinguish them from other groups. There are four major race divisions: Caucasians - white Mongolian - Asian Negroid - black Australoid -  Australian aborigines  It amazes me how many people are racist in their own way, it may not be verbally but it is expressed in other ways, I enco...