MALAGA
TRAVEL INFORMATION - MALAGA HOLY WEEK INFORMATION
Málaga the capital of the area, exhibits geat
devolution during Holy Week. All the street of its neighbourthoods,
from El Perchel, La Trinidad, La Victoria, to those of Capuchinos,
Molinillo, Cruz Verde, Malagueta and Nueva Málaga, are covered by
the steps of the processions of each of the Brotherhoods, accompanied
by their members. The visitors should not miss that of El Cautivo
on the Monday, the procession of the Virgen del Rocío the following
day, the impresionment of el Moreno, known as the Cristo de los Gitanos.
On the Wednesday of Holy Week, a prisioner is pardoned as part of
the ceremonies of Nuestro Padre Jesús Rico. The canticles of
the legionnaires who accompany the Cristo de la Buena Muerte resound
in the streets of the city on Maundy Thursday, never miss the arrival
of The Legion to the port, the used to came at 11.00 am on a boat
from Melilla.
In other cities in the province, Holy Week is also celebrated with
intensity and fervour. Alhaurín de la Torre is witness to the
"rivalry" that exists between "Los verdes" of
El cristo de la Vera Cruz and "Los Moraos" of Jesus del
Paso. It is worth going to Antequera on Maundy thursday and good friday,
where the local people run through the steep streets of the town to
shouts of "A la vega!", while they try to avoid having their
throne captured. Menwhile, on good Friday and easter Saturday, Riogordo
becomes the setting for a lively Passion, involving around five hundred
inhabitants of the city.
Finally, Holy Week in Velez-Málaga should not be forgotten, where
the images of Christ praying in the garden, Jseus el Pobre and the
Virgen de la Soledad set out in procession.
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