the Holy week Por Heather Edgar Why is it celebrated Much like many countries around the world Easter is also celebrated in the Spanishspeaking world It is know as La semana santa ID: 554933
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La Semana Santa
the Holy week
Por
: Heather EdgarSlide2
Why is it celebrated?
Much like many countries around the world, Easter is also celebrated in the Spanish-speaking world. It is know as “La
semana
santa
” or “The holy week” and it occurs the week before Easter (last week of Lent).
Entire
communities come together for
Semana
Santa
celebrations. In some places, religious processions fill the streets each day of the week from Palm Sunday to Easter; in others, Thursday and Friday are the most important days. Most
Semana
Santa
traditions are hundreds of years old and originated in Spain, but many now have a unique twist due to the mix of cultures in each country.Slide3
How different countries celebrate
El
salvador
Alfombras
de
aserrín
: Rugs
traditionally made of colored sawdust or sand, flowers, and fruits cover the streets where processions will pass in Sonsonate. Artisans also now use modern industrial paints and sprays.
Peru
Decoraciones
de flores: Flowers fill the city of Tarma for the Semana Santa celebrations. In preparation for the processions that begin on Thursday, arches and rugs made of flowers decorate the streets and remain on display until Sunday.Slide4
How different countries celebrate
Ecuador
La
fanesca
Ecuadorians
eat
fanesca
, a bean and grain soup with a fish base, only during Semana Santa
. The soup is traditionally served with bolitas de harina (fritters),
plátano verde (fried green plantain), fresh cheese, and ají, a spicy sauce.Slide5
How different countries celebrate
MExico
Vestidos
blancos
Girls from San Miguel de
Allende
dress in white for the procession on Viernes
Santo. In this town, the celebrations extend for two weeks, ending on el Domingo de Pascua with an explosion of papier-mâché figures in the center of town.
Una procesión Young boys carry streamers during the processions
in Cadereyta.Popular with the whole country is the breaking of cascarones, colored egg shells filled with confetti, over friends and family. Churches will be filled with those attending Mass on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, and families will take this opportunity to be together.Reenactment of the “Passion”.Slide6
How different countries celebrate
Spain
In the processions people carry
the floats bearing sculptures and models of biblical scenes
. The
people who carry the weight of the floats are called "
costaleros
" and are expected the carry these "thrones" with solemnity and grace.
During the whole of
Semana Santa, (Holy Week), street processions are organized in most Spanish towns each evening, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.People carry statues of saints around on floats or wooden platforms, and there is an atmosphere of mourning. (Why?) Easter week processions end with Easter Sunday, a day full of light and color when church and cathedral bells are heard ringing throughout the country.
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=187219Slide7
Los Tronos (flotas)Slide8Slide9Slide10
Los Nazarenos
The “
Nazarenos
” are the members of the “
cofradías
” who participate in the processions. They are also known as the “
penitentes
” (penitent ones).
During holy week the Cofradías ( holy Brotherhoods /Fraternities) process
in penitence through the, many narrow, streets of the city, from their church to the Cathedral for a sacred ritual and back, taking the shortest possible route.Slide11
Las Manolas
These women are there to mourn the death of Christ and celebrate His resurrection.
They wear conservative black dresses with traditional black Spanish lace veils (mantillas) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
On Resurrection Sunday, they wear white.
This is an act of extreme
devotion in
which one must be sober, serious and always silent
and concentrated.