• Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday Procession)

    Semana Santa dawns on March 29 with the Hermandad de la Borriquita's procession, evoking Christ's Jerusalem triumph as 2,000 nazarenos in purple velvet wave olive fronds from the Cathedral's Giralda shadow. Forty-eight costaleros heave the Virgin of Hope paso—a 17th-century silver behemoth with embroidered manto cascading like molten gold—through Santa Cruz's labyrinth, marchas like 'La […]

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  • Miércoles Santo Madrugá (Holy Wednesday Vigil)

    Miércoles Santo's madrugá (March 31–April 1) is Semana Santa's throbbing heart, led by the Gran Poder brotherhood's 3,000 nazarenos in ivory tunics escorting Juan de Mesa's brooding Christ (1697) and the Virgin of Macarena—her emerald eyes under a 4m gold-thread manto—through Macarena's petal-strewn veins. From 1:00 AM, costaleros' grunts sync to dirges like 'Amargura,' torches […]

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