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Capirote. A capirote[1] is a Catholic pointed hat of conical form that is used in Spain and Hispanic countries by members of a confraternity of penitents. It is part of the uniform of such brotherhoods including the Nazarenos and Fariseos during Easter observances and reenactments in some areas during Holy Week in Spain and its former colonies ...
Holy Week in Spain is the annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods (Spanish: hermandad) and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the Holy Week –the last week of Lent, immediately before Easter –.
April 13 – April 20. 2026 date. March 29 – April 5. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week in Seville (Spanish: Semana Santa de Sevilla) is one of two biggest annual festivals in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, the other being the Feria de Abril (April Fair), which follows two weeks later. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week among ...
March 29 - April 5. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week in Málaga (in Spanish Semana Santa en Málaga), is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus in Málaga, Spain. It takes place during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter. It is one of the city's main cultural and religious events.
Flagellant. A confraternity of penitents in Italy mortifying the flesh with disciplines in a seven-hour procession; capirote are worn by penitents so that attention is not drawn towards themselves, but to God, as they repent. Flagellants are practitioners of a form of mortification of the flesh by whipping their skin with various instruments of ...
The Holy Week in Valladolid is known to depict the Passion with great fidelity, rigor and detail. [3] In addition to the artistic and catechetical (instructional) value of its religious imagery, the Week is characterized by devotion, sobriety, silence [4] and respect for the brotherhoods and the public, and by unique acts such as the "General ...
April 13 - April 20. 2026 date. March 29 - April 5. Frequency. Annual. Holy Week in Zamora, Spain, is the annual commemoration of the Passion of Jesus Christ that takes place during the last week of Lent, the week immediately before Easter. Holy Week is the Christian week from Palm Sunday (also called Passion Sunday) through Easter Sunday.
Its processions, shot at the rate of one day of Holy Week per episode, are “lived with a large respect for tradition.” The U.S. base, shared with Spain, is a very particular world.