MADRID – With their tall conical hats, monkish robes and facial hoods that only show their eyes, the so-called "nazarenos," or penitents, in Spain's immensely popular Easter processions cut an ...

Santa Semana—or Holy Week—in Spain is a big, BIG deal. Started in the 1600’s as a way for the “common folk” to understand and participate in religion, today, the Holy Week events have ...

TEMPO.CO, Calanda, Spain - When Holy Week processions were cancelled because of Spain's COVID-19 restrictions, keeping a Good Friday drumming tradition alive took on extra importance for the residents ...

Typical Apostle costumes are also a common sight at these processions in Spain. Chicharro’s float is carried by 35 bearers, with brothers on standby to relieve them along the procession route.

In late March 2024, near the time the Christian holiday of Easter was observed, a European Easter tradition went viral on social media. A number of posts appeared to show Spanish and Italian Easter ...