CNN review the references and details that are around the processions of our city.
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Holy week of Malaga has many references and details that make it unique in Spain. We reviewed ten of them.
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- The thrones
In Málaga the Christ and the Virgin are not on steps, but upon thrones. Our city does not use the word "step". The thrones, In contrast to the steps of other provinces, they are carried by throne men carrying them on their shoulders (the bearers carry the steps on the neck). The men and women of the throne will be in the sticks, metal structures of several metres in length which does not only go under the image, as it is the case with the steps. The thrones are usually larger, Besides that they are carry a more men and women (up to 250 people in some cases) that you do not shift during the hours that last Holy week procession.
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- Pulses
The special characteristics of the Thrones and its shape to shoulder also resulted in pulses. It consists of lifting the Throne from the shoulder to keep it with the palms of your hands over the heads of the men of throne. This maneuver is carried out when Butler's throne gives three touches to the campaign's attention and then the manoeuvre starts one to run. When touching the three care and the next touch touches turns to place the throne on her shoulders.
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- The Pollinica instead of triumphal entrance
Usually the confraternity or brotherhood that opens the processions in all Spain tends to be that of the triumphal entrance… except in Málaga. In our city it is called so affectionately to the Royal Brotherhood of Nuestro Padre Jesús his entry into Jerusalem and Holy Mary of the Amparo for a detail that many go les unnoticed: the small Colt that accompanies the donkey that mounts the image of the Lord.
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- The Tribune of the poor
Although it is not known when arose this designation for the stairway that links la Carretería Street with the bridge of dawn, It is not difficult to imagine why it is called so. Amphitheater-shaped, These 16 steps become every Easter in a kind of natural grandstand to see processions passing by la Carretería Street and where, Unlike the chairs and stands of the official travel, There is no pay, Hence its name. That Yes, you have to go early to be able to have a site on it. Además, guilds usually do something special when they pass through this site so popular.
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- Hope Rosemary
After the burning of the convent of Santo Domingo of the year 1931, the Virgen de la Esperanza lost all his grave goods. A few years later, at Easter of 1940, Rosemary along with flowers of orange blossom was used to give shape to the palio. Although many here place the tradition spread Rosemary through the streets, It is said that in the years 20 the guilds vying for see what ' decorated’ best official travel, but there is nothing proven about the use of Rosemary in this brotherhood to that vegetable 'palio'. En 1941 the Virgen de la Esperanza returned to processing your original palio, from Rosemary to carpeting the streets and bless them with your step. Since then, a truck of Rosemary spread this plant until popped into cross Guide, a tradition that this year will change, Since romero for Virgin carpet will be distributed with baskets by a group of acolytes.
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- The large volume of the thrones
At one point in the story, the strained relations between the guilds and the clergy during Holy week, It led to many sororities were out of their canonical headquarters, mounted their Thrones in 'leatherback you' and later in fraternity houses. This made the thrones had no size limitations, Hence the large volume and lavishness that present with respect to the steps (you come out of the churches). As an example, the throne of the Virgen de la Esperanza weighs in winch a 4,1 tons, with almost 14 meter long sticks and more than four meters wide and more than 6 meters high (When stands).
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- Transfers
Malaga's Holy week is not confined exclusively to that week. It also extends to the previous, where take place the traditional transfers, something peculiar to the city. Transfers are small processions in which are sacred holders from their churches to their homes brotherhood, from where will be your processional outputs. The images are usually in litters, small and simple Thrones, being preceded by siblings with candles. Often also accompanied by bands of Bugles and drums, musical group or musical Chapel. More and more are also proliferating return transfers, where owners return to their churches after their processions.
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- The blanket of flowers of the Virgin of the rocks
The current image of most Holy Mary of Sorrows out Malaga streets on Holy Monday for the first time of 1943. That year he did it on a small throne and a cloak of velvet lent by the confraternity of Mena. However, the following year, in the absence of financial means, the main gardener of the city of Malaga's then, Alfonso Cruz Núñez, It made him a blanket of flowers as a temporary solution until they had resources. But this anecdote at the end happened to become a tradition. Every Holy Tuesday, the Virgin of the rocks looks a different cloak that takes between fifteen and twenty thousand carnations that municipal gardeners are responsible. There have only been two years that has not worn flowers in Holy week: en 1949 y 1950 the Virgin carried a blanket in Green Velvet. However, Malaga asked after those years the Virgin to return to wear the blanket of flowers, What makes since.
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- Guild houses
The need for headquarters to the guilds and their heritage led to the creation of houses of brotherhood, especially after many years dating from the Leatherback will not be able it to from the churches. Although here the curious are not these buildings, but that due to the large volume that had acquired the thrones of Malaga, the Guild decided to exit from them. Today most of the guilds have a House of brotherhood, some museums open throughout the year.
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- Tinglao
Before having houses sister, and to not get out of their canonical locations for different reasons, the brotherhoods rode in the streets known as leatherback you. They were really large temporary structures covered with plastic where the thrones rode and from them it went in procession. With the proliferation of houses brotherhood and return of some brotherhoods to their departures from the temples, the Leatherback will slowly disappearing. Currently only the brotherhoods of Dulce Nombre, Preserved by mediator and Salesians, Although all of them already have their headquarters in project. Not to mention some prohermandades and not grouped
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