The Holy Week of Malaga is one of the most popular and multitudinous in Spain, and attracts every year numerous visitors and tourists who come to the city to watch the processions and join in the celebration of this festival so deeply rooted in the culture and tradition of the city of Malaga.
The Holy Week in Malaga (Spanish: La semana Grande de Málaga) is one of the most important religious celebrations in the city and the whole region of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is a feast that takes place during the week that precedes Easter Sunday, and that is characterized by the realization of numerous processions in which the images of the steps that represent the Passion of Christ are carried. This year 2024 will be celebrated from March 23 to 31.
Every day of the week has its own processions and brotherhoods, which are responsible for carrying out the tours through the streets of the city, accompanied by music bands and numerous faithful and spectators. During the processions, the steps are carried on the shoulders by the brothers, who parade through the streets dressed in their robes and colourful capitals, creating an impressive image of religiosity and devotion.
Through the streets of the Historic Center of the city, an official tour is designed by which the brotherhoods make their processions with the images, belongings and nazarenes that make up the procession. All along this route chairs and seats are placed in different places to enjoy the processions.
Among the most outstanding processions of the Holy Week of Malaga are the Pollinica of Malaga, the Christ of the Students, the Christ of the Good Death, Our Father Jesus Captive and his transfer of the Captive 2024, the procession of Our Father Jesus of the Great Power, the Lord of Humility and Patience, the Virgin of Hope, the Virgin of the Dove, and the bride of Malaga (La Virgen del Rocio). In addition, during the week there are also other religious and cultural events, such as concerts of sacred music or exhibitions of religious art.
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