1.0Gavilansevilla.com (en)https://gavilansevilla.com/enC. Gavilánhttps://gavilansevilla.com/en/author/carmen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UtOneQDUA3"><a href="https://gavilansevilla.com/en/holy-week/">Holy Week</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gavilansevilla.com/en/holy-week/embed/#?secret=UtOneQDUA3" width="600" height="338" title="“Holy Week” — Gavilansevilla.com (en)" data-secret="UtOneQDUA3" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://gavilansevilla.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/05/portada-sevigliana.com-cultura-fiestas-santa-sandra.jpg1200795Seville dresses up for Holy Week. The people of Seville take to the streets to watch the processions, to make their penitential pilgrimage, or to participate in them as Nazarenos. The city prepares all year long for this grand week, and it’s a spectacle worth seeing at least once in a lifetime. Celebration This festival commemorates the passion, the death and the resurrection of Christ by way of processions that carry out a route of penitence, which means, a journey from their church to the Cathedral and back. Its origin traces back to the 17th century as a way to combat the protestant reform, which wanted to bring religion closer to the people. Notwithstanding, there is evidence that processions existed from the middle ages.  Although considered to be a very religious festival, today it’s much more […]