Holy Week in Spain

Publicado por Unknown , martes, 15 de abril de 2014 11:04


For the 1953 novel of the same name by Louis Aragon, see La 
Semaine Sainte. For the 1995 Polish film, see Holy Week (film). For the 
2002 film, see Semana santa (film).

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Holy Week (Latin: Hebdomas Sancta 
or Hebdomas Maior, "Greater Week"; Greek: Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Ἑβδομάς, 
Hagia kai Megale Hebdomas , "Holy and Great Week") in Christianity is the last
 week of Lent and the week beforeEaster.
 Associated with it is the religious holiday of Friday of Sorrows, while the
 week itself includes Palm  Sunday, Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday), Good Friday, 
and Holy  Saturday. It does not include Easter Sunday, which is the beginning of
 another liturgical week.

Holy Week in Spain is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus
 Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that
 perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city
 and town during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter.
Spain is especially for its Holy Week traditions or Semana Santa. The celebration
 of Holy Week regarding popular piety relays almost exclusively in the processions
 of the brotherhoods or fraternities. These associations have their origins in the 
Middle Age, but a number of them were created during the Baroque Period,
 inspired by the Counterreformation and also during the 20th and 21st centuries. 
The membership is usually open to any Catholic person and family tradition is an
 important element to become a member or "brother" (hermano).
(from Wikipedia)

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