New Britain herald., 1929-01-18
SEVILLE CITY Of
 MANY TRADITIONS
Dtf6 Modernism by Retaining
 Old Customs of Living

W60nln&ton, U. C.s Jan. 1S.-A Spanish city where shawls and man. tlllas are current fashions will greet Americans attending the Interna- tional Exposition in March at Se- vile. Spain
 According to bulletin from the Washington, D. c. headquarters of the National Geographic Society. Seville, on the banks of the Quad. alquivir River in southwestern Spaia is the last large city in Spain ts defy modernism by retaining the old customs and modes of living.
 Seville Is "StOrybOok" City
 During the day life in Sevilh centers in the main shopping street, the Calle de Los Sierpes, or Stree, of the Serpents." the bulletin con tinues. Shops dispense fans. ciS arettes and laces as well as prac tical necessaries. Cafes. lining the streets. are filled with Sevillanos sipping chocolate, coffee or liquors and absorbed in dominoes. Occa- sonal bronze skins. coupled with hawk noses and flashing eyes, be- tray citizens Of Moorish descent.
 Seville of Sunday or a feast day is particularly the Spanish city Of tradition. Peasants from the countryside come into town in all their rustic finery. Brilliant silks vie with just as brilliant embroider- ies in the costumes of the women. The Seyillanos themselves are more restrained in their costumes. Some of the women display intricate coif- lures, otheu have Partisan shingles, but all of ( m wear lace mantillas. Tourists discover that the women of Seville have not lost the art Of yielding a fan provocatively.
 The Home Of tho Bullfight
 ''The most popular spot in Se- vile on such days is the arena, the Plaza de Toros. It is recorded that the first bullfight ever staged took rlace in Seville in 1405 in the Plaza del Triunfo, to celebrate the birth of son to Henry II of Castle. AL though bullfighting spread through Spain and parts of other European countries, Seville remains it's home. The Sevillanos are it's most ardent devotees. The toreadors are not the least colorful features of the spec tacle. In their gay knickered and bolero costumes, with scarlet sashes, they make vivid figures in the arena.
 ~.Triana, suburb of Seville. across the Guadalquivir, is re- nowned for it's potteries which show a decided Moorish influence. Bas- kets are made of reed and grass. The people of Triana are Gitanos. or gypsies, and their lively suburb echoes as often to castanets as to the potter's wheel.
 While Seville, in common with other large Continental cities has electricity, tramways and automo- piles, it is not so modernized as Madrid. English is practically con- fined to the hotel keepers and French is seldom heard.
 Architectural Attractions
 Among Seville's architectural at fractions are the Cathedral. the AL cazar and the Giralda. The Cathe- dral, which is a huge example of modified Gothic, houses some of Murillo's paintings. The house of .al-kasr. the AlcaZar, Moorish pal ace, suffers by comparison with the Alhambra at Granada. The Giralda, a bell tower of Moorish origin. Is Seville's most beautiful monument. At it's base lies the Court of Or anges, where orange blossoms per fume the air and a fountain, erect ed by the Moors, still plays.
 Holy Week Festival
 Church festivals in Seville cul- minate at Easter, following the usu- al Holy Week observance. Visitors 10 the International Exposition will this year see this ancient festival. which dates from 1907. Beginning Palm Sunday there are processions every day until Good Friday. Holy Thursday night the procession pass es dN'ing the entire night From twenty-five to thirty brotherhoods participate. The members wear dis tinctive uniforms, many of them monklike habits designed in medie- val times.
 Holy Week ends with solemn ceremonies in the Cathedral Easter morning. Easter afternoon the Se- villanos top off the festival with gala bullfight which is the classic nf AA