Dancer and drag queen Carlos Carvento celebrates Holy Week in Spain by dressing in mourning and wearing a traditional “mantilla”. Photo: AFP
Dancer and drag queen Carlos Carvento celebrates Holy Week in Spain by dressing in mourning and wearing a traditional “mantilla”. Photo: AFP
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Holy Week: meet the gay creatives who play a key role in Spain’s Easter festivities – but at a price, some say

  • From jewellers and embroidery specialists to florists, the people who work on the virgin figures in southern Spain are almost all gay, one campaigner says
  • But some point out that their participation is based on silence about their sexual orientation, a compromise that is making them increasingly uncomfortable

Dancer and drag queen Carlos Carvento celebrates Holy Week in Spain by dressing in mourning and wearing a traditional “mantilla”. Photo: AFP
Dancer and drag queen Carlos Carvento celebrates Holy Week in Spain by dressing in mourning and wearing a traditional “mantilla”. Photo: AFP
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