Semana Santa in Granada
The Semana Santa is a traditional celebration of the Holy Week and was in Granada in 2009 to a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional declared (celebration of international tourist interest). In 2017 it was voted the most spectacular Semana Santa in Spain .
history
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The first processions were held shortly after the city was retaken by the Christians in 1492; the current form of the Semana Santa Granada began at the beginning of the 20th century and should have been shaped by tourism from the start, as a short radio text by Federico García Lorca from 1936 shows, in which he evokes the serious Holy Week of his childhood and basically means there is no "holy week" in Granada - the Granadinos are too cautious for that.
Most of the Cofradías and Hermandades , who are responsible for the processions, were founded after 1925; Exceptions are the Hermandad de San Augustin , from the 17th century, and the Hermandad de las Chías , from the 16th century, which some consider the most authentic procession in Granada. The Chías themselves, four tall, hooded figures with trumpets, represent representatives of the Inquisition who preceded the condemned and collected alms for their funerals.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the Granadas Tourist Office. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .
- ^ Lorca, "Semana Santa en Granada" (ES). Retrieved November 5, 2018 .