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Easter is Pascua in Spanish.
It is a time of serious processions and remembering the events leading up to and including the death of Jesus

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On Easter Day

(El Domingo de Resurrección)

it is a day of happiness

and celebration because

on this day the

Resurrection of Jesus

is remembered.

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Holy Week in Spanish is La Semana Santa. The seven days leading up to Easter Sunday. All over Spain, it is a week of spectacular street processions - las procesiones.

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Lent is called La Cuaresma in Spanish. The fasting period of forty days that leads up to Easter is called Lent.

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The first day of La Semana Santa. In Spanish it is el Domingo de Ramos. In the morning, most Spanish people go to church to celebrate the day when Jesus rode into Jerusalem and was welcomed by the people laying palm leaves on the ground in front of him.

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On el Jueves Santo, in the town of Verges, in Cataluña, there is a very famous event every year.  It is a skeleton dance! It is called La Dansa de la Mort.  Two adults and three children dress up in skeleton costumes and dance to a drum beat.

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During La Semana Santa, Spanish towns have street parades every day. In the processions, people carry and follow floats, known as pasos. On the floats. there are statues of Jesus and Las Virgen María (Mary). The floats are beautifully decorated with flowers, gold, silver, candles and fine fabrics.

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During the processions, often you will hear someone singing a special Easter song called una saeta.  It is sang without music and it has a very special sound.  It is sang in the open air to the statues of the procession.

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The flats (los pasos) are followed and surrounded by people known as nazarenos. Los nazarenos are men, women and children who wear long robes. These people are unrecognisable because they wear veils to cover their faces.

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A popular cake of celebration to eat on Easter Day  is called La Mona de Pascua.  It is decorated with coloured feathers and big chocolate figurines.

Cake shops compete to see who can make the most impressive monas to place in their shop windows!
¡Ñam ñam!

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The heavy floats are carried by men called costaleros. These men have the very difficult job of carrying the extremely heavy weight of the float.

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Sometimes, los nazarenos will be barefoot or have chains attached to their ankles.  This discomfort helps them to think about the suffering of Jesus at the time of His death.

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The tall cone shaped hat is known as 'un capirote'. By keeping their faces covered, los nazarenos are identical and anonymous. This helps then concentrate on saying prays in a humble way.