Semana Santa

Flower Girls
Thousands of elaborately dressed men, women and children — dressed in 18th and 19th century garb — participate in Valencia's tribute to the "Virgen de los Desamparados" (Virgin of the Defenseless). These young ladies are carrying clumps of flowers that they will arrange to form the gigantic robe of city's patron Virgin.

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