Paso (float)
A Paso (
The porters are called costaleros, cargadores or portadores and their leader is called a capataz ("Foreman" or "Head Man"). The capataz sets the chicotá, the period of time between a paso being lifted and set down again; the costaleros cannot pick up or set down the paso except by his leave. This is signalled by the llamador ("crier"), a knocker on the front of the float. During Semana Santa ("
In Italy smaller carried floats are known as macchine a spalla.[1] In the Philippines, the term for shoulder-borne floats and palanquins is andas. Carriages for larger, life-sized icons have wheels and are instead called carrozas. Both types may carry small icons and are borne or pulled by at least two people; they may have lighting fixtures for nighttime or dawn processions, with some having canopies above the image or scene.
References
- ^ Soundscape and the Built Environment Jian Kang, Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp - 2018 - 1482226324 Page 230 ... the intangible cultural heritage has been updated with the inclusion of four Italian folk festivals that belong to the network of “celebration of big shoulder-borne processional structures” (Le Feste delle grandi macchine a spalla) (Nardi, 2013).
- Seville's Holy Week Rituals Draw In an Outsider (New York Times: March 26, 2006)