Almuneca, Spain. Easter week in Almuneca, Spain commences with the first major event is Palm Sunday (Domingo de Ramos), the holiday held exactly one week before Easter Sunday, commemorating Jesus' famed entry into Jerusalem on a donkey. The brotherhoods organise the processions that parade through the streets and squares every day carrying beautiful "pasos" and "tronos" adorned with flowers and religious images that are carried on the shoulders of the participants.Here they are exiting the Church of the Encarnación in Almuñécar at the beginning of the parade. 24th March 2024 David Smith/Alamy
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Almunecar, Andalusia, Province of Granada, SpainMore information:
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Throughout Andalusia, the week of Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ is lived with great devotion, in every city, town, village… the classic processions are celebrated. Which consist of carrying on the shoulders through the main streets of the city an image of a specific moment of the Passion of Christ, the image is carried on the shoulders of the “costaleros”, and is accompanied by a great parade of penitents with their classic hats in cone-shaped, the music band, the army, sometimes also the police, animal chariots, and in the most spectacular cases even the Roman legions accompany the procession.