The hands of a "manola"

A woman member of the Holy Burial Brotherhood in Oviedo (Asturias, northern Spain) holds a pendant with the image of Christ in the cross before the Holy Saturday procession. In many Spanish processions, especially during Easter period, women who accompany the processional floats wear black clothes, a black comb and a black shawl to express their mourning for the death of Christ. They're usually called "manolas".