santa In Costa Rica What is semana santa Semana Santa is one of the most important religious holiday seasons of the year Also called Easter Holy Week It is the week leading up to Easter Sunday ID: 554932
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Semana santa
In Costa RicaSlide2
What is semana santa
?
Semana
Santa is one of the most important religious holiday seasons of the year
Also called
Easter
Holy
Week
It is the week leading up to Easter Sunday
Most schools and government offices are closed the entire week between Palm Sunday and Easter
Maundy Thursday and Good Friday are government mandated holidays during the week of
Semana
SantaSlide3
How is semana santa
celebrated?
Rich culture is displayed during this
holiday
It is a week long celebration
Throughout the country religious processions are held recreating the last days of Jesus’ life
Some other festivities include: bullfights, rodeos, fireworks, festivals and parades
Because
Semana
Santa is supposed to be a week of rest and celebration, preparation begins well in
advance
The actual holiday is celebrated on the Thursday and Friday before Easter Sunday, but most people take the whole week offSlide4
celebrationsSlide5
What are the religious processions?
From
Holy Wednesday until Easter Sunday, every town’s Catholic church organizes festivities
The religious processions are parades reenacting Jesus’ journey through Jerusalem, the crucifixion, and His eventual resurrection
Parade participants dress up to perform key roles
These include Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Saint
Joseph
The procession typically use effigies, but sometimes have live actors instead
During the processions, people line the streets to watch, or join in and walk with the processionSlide6
Religious processions (cont.)
Two of the most important processions are held in
Tres
Rios in Cartago and San Joaquin de Flores in Heredia
The
procession in San Joaquin de Flores is also televisedSlide7
religiousprocessionsSlide8
What are typical foods eaten during semana
santa
?
The tradition is to eat seafood during
Semana
Santa
Also eating meat on Good Friday is typically prohibited
Popular dishes include rice and shrimp, ceviche and fried
fish
Another dish often eaten during
Semana
Santa is empanadas de
chiverre
Chiverre
is a squash-like fruit in season during
Semana
SantaSlide9
Traditional foodsSlide10
Other ways to celebrate semana santa
In addition to the processions, many people will also take the week off to just travel
It is most popular to vacation on the beach
Semana
Santa is typically when the beaches are most crowded
in Costa Rica and
usually
when the country
has its
busiest trafficSlide11
vacationSlide12
Other information about semana santa
Most shops
and some businesses are
closed beginning Thursday of
Semana
Santa until Monday of the next
week
Banks are closed Thursday and Friday of
Semana
Santa
Transportation is limited during this time
However, the tourism industry is normal as
Semana
Santa is a very popular time to visit Costa Rica, as well as locals traveling to the coast
Also during
Semana
Santa they have a Dry Law, where it is illegal to sell alcohol from
Wednesaday
to Friday
Because of this many people buy their alcohol the week beforeSlide13
More festivitiesSlide14
And processional floatsSlide15
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