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Holy Week in Seville is known as ''Semana Santa de Sevilla''. It is one of the city’s two biggest annual festivals, the other being the ''Feria de Abril'' (April Fair), which follows two weeks later. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week among Christians), and features the procession of ''pasos'', floats of lifelike wooden sculptures of individual scenes of the events of the Passion, or images of the grieving Virgin Mary. Some of the sculptures are of great antiquity and are considered artistic masterpieces , as well as being culturally and spiritually important to the local Catholic population. ==The Processions== There are up to three ''pasos'' in each procession. The pasos dedicated to El Cristo, use figures of wood, wax, and wire to depict scenes from the Passion, and are usually covered in gold. The pasos dedicated to La Virgen are usually covered in silver, and depict Mary weeping for her Son and sometimes holding Him in her arms.〔(Dykes, Daniel. "Holy Week in Seville", ''Catholic Digest'' )〕 The processions are organized by ''hermandades'' and ''cofradías'', religious brotherhoods. Members precede the ''pasos'' dressed in penitential robes with ''capirotes'', (tall, pointed hoods with eye-holes).〔(Hafiz, Yasmine. "Penitents Observe Holy Week In Seville, Spain With Processions And Robes", Huffington Post, April 4, 2014 )〕 The ''capirotes'' were designed so the faithful could repent in anonymity, without being recognised as self-confessed sinners.〔(Watson, Fiona Flores. "What is Semana Santa?", ''The Telegraph'', October 8, 2014 )〕 Nearly 70 ''cofradias'' (church brotherhoods) take part, each with their own statues, as well as colourful misterios (tableaux of bible scenes), on elaborately-decorated pasos (floats). They may be accompanied by brass bands. The processions follow a designated route from their home churches and chapels to the Cathedral, usually via a central viewing area and back. The ones from the suburban ''barrios'' may take 14 hours to return to their home churches.〔 The processions continue from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday morning. The climax of the week is the night of Holy Thursday, when the processions set out to arrive at the Cathedral on the dawn of Good Friday, known as the ''madrugá''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Holy Week in Seville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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