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Meaning of esquililla



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esquililla
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Diminutive of shearing. The shearing, cutting hair of sheep with use of its wool. A campaign, called shearing ( the got. * sk­lla; CF. a. to the. Ant. scella ). Term, very typical of the region of León (Spain ) by which refers to a small campaign used to summon the acts of community in convents, houses, parishes, shrines and processions or other acts. Similar to the cowbell. A main element ( typical and only one of the processions of Holy week in Zamora ) the dress of the railings, person who rings the ring, one per hand, announcing the daytime processions. Each Brotherhood of Semana Santa Zamora has a custom set of Becerril to be used by the Rails in their procession.

  










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