Province
and Villages - Malaga - Holy Week
Malaga Holy Week
Malaga the capital of the
region, exhibits geat devolution during Holy Week. All the
street of its neighbourthoods, from El Perchel, La Trinidad,
La Victoria, to those of Capuchinos, Molinillo, Cruz Verde,
Malagueta and Nueva Malaga, are covered by the steps of the
processions of each of the Brotherhoods, accompanied by their
members. The visitors should not miss that of El Cautivo on
the Monday, the procession of the Virgen del Rocío
the following day, the impresionment of el Moreno, known as
the Christ of the Gypsies.
On the Wednesday of Holy Week, a prisioner is pardoned as
part of the ceremonies of Nuestro Padre Jesús Rico.
The canticles of the legionnaires who accompany the Cristo
de la Buena Muerte resound in the streets of the city on Maundy
Thursday, never miss the arrival of The Legion to the port,
the used to came at 11.00 am on a boat from Melilla.
In other towns in the province, Holy Week is also celebrated
with intensity and fervour. Alhaurín de la Torre is
witness to the "rivalry" that exists between "Los
verdes" of El cristo de la Vera Cruz and "Los Moraos"
of Jesus del Paso. It is worth going to Antequera on Maundy
thursday and good friday, where the local people run through
the steep streets of the town to shouts of "A la vega!",
while they try to avoid having their throne captured. Menwhile,
on good Friday and easter Saturday, Riogordo becomes the setting
for a lively Passion, involving around five hundred inhabitants
of the town.
Finally, Holy Week in Velez-Malaga should not be forgotten,
where the images of Christ praying in the garden, Jseus el
Pobre and the Virgen de la Soledad set out in procession.
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