3. The Passion of Christ, or Easter Week is known in Spain
as “Semana Santa”
It commemorates the passion and death of Jesus Christ
and it is a celebration with centuries of history and
tradition.
It is settled according to the “moon cycle” which means,
that it does not take place on a concrete and regular
date alike Chritsmas.
So , the date when Holy Week takes places on the first
day with full moon between march and april.
The festivities begin with the Domingo de Ramos (Palm
Sunday) and end with Lunes de Pascua (Easter
Monday).
4. There are several enjoyable things in Easter. In addition
to religious celebrations and familiar meetings, it is the
gastronomy.
You cannot eat meat but there are some special sweets.
The most famous are Torrijas.
Other sweets are called Rosquetes.
5. “Costalero” is a person who carries “the paso”.
There are different types of “costalero”:
“patero”, “fijador”, “costeros” and “corrientes”.
They use a specific clothes.
6. They are four.
The pateros are in the paso´s corners.
They are very important because it is a post which
involves a great deal of responsability.
7. They go obviously under the “paso”
But they go on the sides of the “paso”.
8. The “fijador” have a special task. He suports the “patero”
on its labour
The “corriente” have not got any special task.
10. Penitents are the members of the brotherhood who
accompany it.
Clothes :
Mask Gloves
Cape
Belt
Robe
Sandal
s
11. Holy Week in Seville is very famous around the world.
There are 61 brotherhoods.
Three brotherhoods:
Macarena´s brotherhood.
Rendeción-Rocío´s brotherhood
San Gonzalo´s brotherhood
12. The brotherhood is in the church called “Santa María de
la Esperanza Macarena”.
It is located in San Gil neighbourhood.
It was found in 1595.
It has got 12.000 members.
The brotherhood go out on Friday daybreak.
They go out from 00:00 to 13:00.
The number of penitents are 2.800.
14. The brotherhood is in the church called “Santiago”
It was found in 1955
The brotherhood go out on Monday
They go out from 14:45 pm to 1:00 am
The numbers of penitents are 1.250
16. The brotherhood is in the church called San Gonzalo.
It is located in Triana neighbourhood.
It was found in 1942.
It has got 5.000 members.
The brotherhood go out on Monday.
They go out from 15:00 pm to 3:30 am.
There are 2500 penitents.
18. The brotherhood is in the church calles San Francisco
It was found in 1587.
We go out on Friday daybreak from 3:00 am to 9:00 am
The brotherhood has got 1.996 members.
It has got 707 penitents and four pasos.
20. Pasos
Santa Mujer Verónica
San Juan Evangelista
Jesús Nazareno
Virgen de los Dolores
21. Holy Week commemorates pasion christ and his death.
There are some sweets like “rosquetes” and “torrijas”.
There are different types of “costaleros”.
The penitents are the people who accompany “the
paso”.
Holy Week in Seville is the most famous around the
world.
My favourite brotherhoods are “San Gonzalo”, “La
Macarena” and “Redención”.
My brotherhood is called “Los Dolores”.
22. Have Holy Week always the same date?
a) No
b) Yes
What are the most famous sweets in Holy Week?
a) Rosquetes and chocolate
b) Rosquetes and cakes
c) Rosquetes and torrijas
How many types of costaleros are there?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
23. How many brotherhoods are in Seville?
a) 35
b) 61
c) 56
Which brotherhood have more penitents?
a) Rendención
b) San Gonzalo
c) La Macarena
