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 ...

As Spain bans Easter events, Catholics make coronavirus masks. Religious associations are abandoning traditional celebrations, in line with coronavirus lockdown, to help others.

With Easter processions cancelled for the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, Spain's colourful Holy Week marches make their eagerly awaited return to the streets. The holiday, which ...