semana santa en españa. semana santa (holy week) is one of the most important celebrations in...
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Semana Santa en España
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Semana Santa (Holy Week) is one of the most important celebrations in Spain. This is also called Pascua (Easter).
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Las celebracionesPeople in towns and villages all over
Spain take part in Easter celebrations.
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Domingo de Ramos
• Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) marks the beginning of Holy Week. Many people go to church for a special mass. Children are given a palm branch by their godparents. This represents the olive branches laid on the ground to welcome Jesus into Jerusalem.
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Semana Santa en Sevilla
• Seville has some of the most spectacular and elaborate celebrations.
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Las procesiones
• Large floats called “pasos” make their way through the streets. They have religious figures on them. They are often very elaborate and always very heavy!
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Los costaleros• The “pasos” are carried by groups of
men called “costaleros”.• Here they are practising with sandbags.
They move very slowly.
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Viernes Santo
• Good Friday is commemorated with very serious and sombre processions. They are usually either silent or accompanied by slow drumming.
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Processions are also accompanied by “una
banda de música”.
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Los penitentes
“Los penitentes” carry a wooden cross and wear a floppy hood, “un antifaz”. They are often in processions on Good Friday.
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Los nazarenos• Los nazarenos wear stiff conical hats
called “capirotes”.
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Los nazarenos
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Sábado santo – Easter Saturday
This is perhaps the most mournful day of processions, as people remember Christ’s burial.
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Domingo de la Resurrección
Easter Sunday processions are louder and more joyous.
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Easter Sunday
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Some of the work that goes into preparing for Semana Santa…
Making “capirotes” for “los nazarenos”
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Embroidering the cloths for a “paso”.
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Practising carrying “el paso”
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“¡Feliz Pascua!”
“Felices pascuas”