While the villages in Spain generally don’t do the big, elaborate processionals, some of the small towns do have small traditions that they celebrate for Holy Week. You’ll find these events ...

if the tradition is going to survive. According to Mr. Montero, the conversion of Holy Week into a national spring break focused on tourism has contributed to Spain’s secularization. The ...

LEÓN, Spain (JTA) — It’s the week before Easter in León, an ancient city in northwest Spain, and locals have poured into the streets to knock back glasses of wine-lemonade, an annual ...

“With the arrival of Holy Week also comes the season of Leonese limonada, a tradition that is popularly known as ‘killing Jews,’” said a Spanish-language Facebook post from Bar Genarín on ...

The Holy Week processions in the Andalusian capital are one of Spain’s most iconic traditions. Every year, members of the confraternities or brotherhoods prepare fervently to be part of this ...

Holy Week, or Semana Santa, in Cartagena is a tradition that attracts hordes of tourists to the region for ten days of processions leading to Easter Sunday. The video caption in Spanish reads ...

ZAMORA, Spain — Clad in a traditional white tunic and purple ... city of Zamora is what most excites Thiago during Holy Week, when Catholics commemorate the passion, death and resurrection ...

Spanish tradition." "Many tourists think this ... strike their backs with various materials in processions during Holy Week. These penitents also wear hoods to disguise their identities from ...