Holy Week in Zamora
holy week zamora spain annual commemoration passion jesus christ take place last week lent week immediately easter holy week christian week palm sunday also called passion sunday easter sunday take place march april zamora holy week celebrated catholic religious brotherhood fraternity perform penance procession street city holy week zamora declared fiesta international tourist interest spain festival zamora best known holy week zamora well known soberness remarkable different celebration attended thousand people local visitor contrast daytime nocturnal procession marked silence meditation characteristic parade night early hour music light define daytime procession thousand fraternity member take part procession true act faith traditionally male member admitted brotherhood st century woman entering association little little without social debate member different brotherhood walked dressed characteristic robe street penitential robe member wear penitential robe conical hat caperuzos referred place capirotes used conceal face wearer brother carry processional candle may walk city street barefoot pasos authentic art work spanish artist mariano benlliure local ramón álvarez depicting important event passion death jesus pasos physically carried shoulder cargadores known andalusia costaleros pasos set maintained hermandades cofradías religious brotherhood precedes paso parade silence interrupted sound drum trumpet pasos escorted marching band playing funeral music funeral march composed thalberg widely performed considered unofficial hymn town zamora parade medieval set including polyphonic male choir drum popular music feature zamora merlú couple brother play trumpet drum early hour good friday holy week century tradition first cofradía founded la santa vera cruz true cross dating th century earliest documented reference celebration passion zamora traced far back however pasos brotherhood created th century following traditional model cofradía de la santa vera cruz disciplina penitencia founded th century one spain’s oldest cofrades brother dressed purple velvet robe walk city street thursday holy week hermandad penitencial del santísimo cristo del espíritu santo brother walk street friday sorrow dressed monklike white robe hood founded hermandad penitencial de nuestro señor jesús luz vida member fraternity accompany pasos saturday palm sunday dressed monklike white hooded robe established real cofradía de jesús en su entrada triunfal en jerusalén commemorates triumphant arrival jesus jerusalem member dressed white satin robe pink satin caperuzo accompany town child bearing palm palm sunday founded local refer la borriquita alluding donkey depicted lord paso hermandad de jesús en su tercera caída created monday brother dressed white satin robe white satin conical hat black satin cape monday holy week hermandad penitencial del stmo cristo de la buena muerte monday holy week nearly member walk city street dressed white monklike robe founded cofradía de jesús del vía crucis member go around street tuesday dressed white robe purple caperuzo created tuesday holy week hermandad penitencial de la siete palabras member male female walk street tuesday founded white robe green corduroy conical hat hermandad del santísimo cristo de la injurias el silencio´´ silence holy wednesday member dressed white robe red velvet caperuzo people zamora swear keep silence cathedral zamora spain established hermandad de penitencia del stmo cristo del amparo la capas pardas´´ brown cape another remarkable parade street later wednesday holy week member dressed traditionals brown cape nearby village aliste spanish capa alistana walk street sound traditional instrument euphonium dimly lit lantern created sección de dama de la virgen de la esperanza female male member accompany statue virgin maundy thursday lady dressed mourning clothes spanish haircombs peinetas mantilla men satin white robe caperuzo green cape founded penitente hermandad de jesús yacente laying jesus brotherhood procession night maundy thursday carrying impressive th century statue christ singing emotional miserere midnight member dressed white robe conical hat purple sash established one popular procession cofradía de jesús nazareno vulgo congregación worthy special mention good friday emotional moment appearance camino del calvario justo fernández paso known local cinco de copas named cup playing card spanish deck figure scene grouped like cup card another impressive moment famous reverence paid pasos virgen de la soledad ramón álvarez tres crux avenue – moment enthusiastic applause break forth crowd approx member wearing oldlooking black robe hood founded real cofradía del santo entierro member dressed black velvet robe caperuzo accompany famous scene ramón álvarez mariano benlliure good friday established cofradía de nuestra madre de la angustias procession good friday member men woman walk street zamora accompanying two pasos one ramón álvarez men dressed white robe black velvet conical hat woman mourning clothes created sección de dama de la virgen de la soledad woman accompany virgin street zamora holy saturday dressed black cape head toe second procession featuring virgen de la soledad ramón álvarez founded cofradía de la santísima resurrección woman easter sunday resurrection day witness virgin welcome ramón álvarezs image jesus founded th century specific robe holy week spain illana gutiérrez laura fernández ferrero alberto semana santa en zamora zamora illana fernández c b oclc mateos rodríguez miguel zamora en mateos rodríguez miguel ed semana santa en castilla león junta de castilla león consejería de cultura turismo edilesa isbn la pasión de zamora spanish