Hooded penitents from the La Paz brotherhood walk to the church to take part in a procession in Seville, Spain, on March 24, 2013.

Women wearing traditional mantilla dresses smoke outside a church before taking part in the Brotherhood procession of "Los Estudiantes" (The Students) at the start of Holy Week in Oviedo, northern Spain, on March 24, 2013.

"Costaleros" from "La Estrella" brotherhood, wait their turn to carry over their backs the portable dais platform which supports a statue of Jesus Christ during a procession in Seville on March 24, 2013.

Penitents pass a man with a dog as they walk to a church before taking part in the procession of "La Paz" (Peace) brotherhood during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, March 24, 2013.

Film actor and director Antonio Banderas, second right, sings a song to the Virgin inside a church as he takes part as a penitent in the "Lagrimas and Favores" brotherhood in a Palm Sunday procession in Malaga on March 24, 2013.

A waiter tries to see from a window as the procession of "La Paz" brotherhood passes along a street in Seville on March 24, 2013.

Spanish legionnaires carry a statue of the Christ of the Mercy into church after the Palm Sunday procession of the "Estudiantes" brotherhood was suspended due to rain in Oviedo on March 24, 2013.

A crying woman is comforted by fellow penitents inside a church where they took shelter from the rain during the "Lagrimas y Favores" (Tears and Favors) brotherhood Palm Sunday procession in Malaga on March 24, 2013.

Penitents light their candles as they take part in the "Humildad" (Humility) brotherhood Palm Sunday procession in Malaga on March 24, 2013.

Colombian matador Luis Bolivar prepares to drive a sword into a bull during a bullfight in The Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain on April 16.

A young boy watches Colombian matador Luis Bolivar before the start of a bullfight in The Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain on April 16.

Colombian matador Luis Bolivar performs a pass to a bull during a bullfight on April 16 at The Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain.

Colombian matador Luis Bolivar during a bullfight in The Maestranza bullring in Seville, Spain on April 16.

A penitent crosses a street during Holy Week in Seville city in southern Spain on April 3 after the procession he was to participate in was canceled due to rain. In Spain celebrations for Semana Santa, or Holy Week, are often spectacular. Religious statues are carried along on the shoulders of the cofrades, members of the cofradias, lay brotherhoods that organize the processions.

Penitents walk to their church during Holy Week in Seville in southern Spain on April 3. Christians around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

During the Holy Week in Seville, Spain, penitents are pictured walking to their church on April 3. Christians around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Penitents from "La Candelaria" brotherhood shelter from the rain as a couple walk along the street during a storm in Seville on April 3. Most of the Holy Week processions in the southern Spain city were canceled due to bad weather.