The Sacred Heart

It’s El Paso’s main fiesta, The Sacred Heart (El Corazon Sagrado). Like Mazo and San José, they make archways and carpets, but they’re slightly different.

In San José, they dye the salt, and then put the colours together to make the picture. In El Paso, they start by putting down white salt –kilos and kilos of it from the salt pans in the southern tip of the island.

They carefully put a stencil on top, and spray on the various colours until the design’s complete.

In this case, they added a table on top with a statue of the Virgin, and then this man started retouching.

There will be a procession this evening after the special mass at 7 pm.

More photos tomorrow.

Posted by sheila

Sheila came to La Palma with a six month contract and has stayed 24 years so far. She used to work as a software engineer at the observatory, but now she's a writer and Starlight guide.