Tuesday, April 7, 2009

From the Desktop of Vicky...

From the website:
http://www.valenciavalencia.com/culture-guide/semana-santa/semana-santa-valencia.htm
(note: the dates listed on the website are from last year... but the following should still be the same...)

What you will see:


Holy Thursday -
It is a great spectacle of colours - for you to see every Brotherhood's unform and hear lots of traditional Spanish march music. However, this is all, and it will resemble more of a military parade than a religious procession. It is the least impressive procession of all 3. The atmosphere is great - energetic, joyful, last chance for the crowds and the members of the procession to laugh before Christ dies.
Holy Thursday, 20.00 pm start, arrive a bit early to enjoy the social buzz on the square.

Good Friday -
All 28 of the Brotherhoods will take to the streets in the richest procession of Semana Santa Marinera in Valencia. The uniformed members of Brotherhood will surround various biblical characters and their imagen, followed by a music band. This is your chance to see all of the Brotherhoods in their full glory, and all of the imagenes, many of which are true works of art.
Good Friday, 18.30 pm start

On Easter Sunday -
the mood sharply swings to the carnival. All of the Brotherhoods will uncover their faces and energetically walk through the district similing and waving. The music will change from tragic to jubilant, there will be more colours than ever, shower of flower petals and flowers thrown into the crowd. If you can, you can join the Spanish in shouting "guapa!" ("hey, pretty!") to catch a flower.
Easter Sunday, 1 pm start