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  2. Holy Week in Spain - Wikipedia

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    Holy Week in Spain is the annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods (Spanish: hermandad) and confraternities that perform penitential processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during Holy Week–the final week of Lent before Easter.

  3. Holy Week in Seville - Wikipedia

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    In the 20th century the forms of Holy Week were revived. In the anticlerical period of the Second Spanish Republic , churches, images and goods were destroyed on July 18, 1936, and thereabouts. There were changes in the period immediately following the II Vatican Council , which coincided with the social changes in Spain around the death of ...

  4. Capirote - Wikipedia

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    The use of the capirote or coroza was prescribed in Spain by the holy office of Inquisition. Men and women who were arrested had to wear a paper capirote in public as sign of public humiliation. The capirote was worn during the session of an Auto-da-fé. The colour was different, conforming to the judgement of the office.

  5. Inside Spain's haunting Holy Week celebrations

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    The week leading up to Easter is an incredibly important one for the religious in Spain . Semana Santa commemorates the last week of Jesus Christ's life. Inside Spain's haunting Holy Week celebrations

  6. Holy Week in Málaga - Wikipedia

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    During Holy Week, 42 brotherhoods (cofradía) make 45 processions through the streets of Málaga showing realistic wooden sculptures that depict scenes from the Passion, or images of the Virgin Mary showing sorrow. Holy Week in Málaga was declared in 1965 to be a Fiesta of International Tourist Interest of Spain. [1]

  7. Category:Holy Week in Spain - Wikipedia

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  8. Holy Week in San Cristóbal de La Laguna - Wikipedia

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    Cristo de La Laguna, the most famous religious image of Holy Week in La Laguna. Holy Week in San Cristóbal de La Laguna is a traditional event that has been repeated for centuries in the historic center of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, a city located on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It is considered the most remarkable Holy Week in the Canary ...

  9. AP PHOTOS: The blessing of rain dampens Holy Week in drought ...

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    The rains during Holy Week were a blessing for large swaths of Spain suffering from chronic drought, even if they put a serious damper on the country’s intensely celebrated Easter. ...