2.  Introduction
 Gastronomy
 “Costaleros”
 Natharens
 Holy week in Seville
 Dolores brotherhood (Lebrija)
 Summary
 Questions
 Video

3.  The Passion of Christ, or Easter Week is known in Spain
as “Semana Santa”
 It commemorates the passion and death of Jesus Christ
and it is a celebration with centuries of history and
tradition.
 It is settled according to the “moon cycle” which means,
that it does not take place on a concrete and regular
date alike Chritsmas.
 So , the date when Holy Week takes places on the first
day with full moon between march and april.
 The festivities begin with the Domingo de Ramos (Palm
Sunday) and end with Lunes de Pascua (Easter
Monday).

4.  There are several enjoyable things in Easter. In addition
to religious celebrations and familiar meetings, it is the
gastronomy.
 You cannot eat meat but there are some special sweets.
 The most famous are Torrijas.
 Other sweets are called Rosquetes.

5.  “Costalero” is a person who carries “the paso”.
 There are different types of “costalero”:
“patero”, “fijador”, “costeros” and “corrientes”.
 They use a specific clothes.

6.  They are four.
 The pateros are in the paso´s corners.
 They are very important because it is a post which
involves a great deal of responsability.

7.  They go obviously under the “paso”
 But they go on the sides of the “paso”.

8.  The “fijador” have a special task. He suports the “patero”
on its labour
 The “corriente” have not got any special task.

9.  T-shirt , trousers and shoes.
 Costal.
 Morcilla.
 Faja.

10.  Penitents are the members of the brotherhood who
accompany it.
 Clothes :
Mask Gloves
Cape
Belt
Robe
Sandal
s

11.  Holy Week in Seville is very famous around the world.
 There are 61 brotherhoods.
 Three brotherhoods:
 Macarena´s brotherhood.
 Rendeción-Rocío´s brotherhood
 San Gonzalo´s brotherhood

12.  The brotherhood is in the church called “Santa María de
la Esperanza Macarena”.
 It is located in San Gil neighbourhood.
 It was found in 1595.
 It has got 12.000 members.
 The brotherhood go out on Friday daybreak.
 They go out from 00:00 to 13:00.
 The number of penitents are 2.800.

13.  Penitents:

14.  The brotherhood is in the church called “Santiago”
 It was found in 1955
 The brotherhood go out on Monday
 They go out from 14:45 pm to 1:00 am
 The numbers of penitents are 1.250

15.  Penitents:

16.  The brotherhood is in the church called San Gonzalo.
 It is located in Triana neighbourhood.
 It was found in 1942.
 It has got 5.000 members.
 The brotherhood go out on Monday.
 They go out from 15:00 pm to 3:30 am.
 There are 2500 penitents.

17.  Penitents:

18.  The brotherhood is in the church calles San Francisco
 It was found in 1587.
 We go out on Friday daybreak from 3:00 am to 9:00 am
 The brotherhood has got 1.996 members.
 It has got 707 penitents and four pasos.

19.  Penitents:

20. Pasos
 Santa Mujer Verónica
 San Juan Evangelista
 Jesús Nazareno
 Virgen de los Dolores

21.  Holy Week commemorates pasion christ and his death.
 There are some sweets like “rosquetes” and “torrijas”.
 There are different types of “costaleros”.
 The penitents are the people who accompany “the
paso”.
 Holy Week in Seville is the most famous around the
world.
 My favourite brotherhoods are “San Gonzalo”, “La
Macarena” and “Redención”.
 My brotherhood is called “Los Dolores”.

22.  Have Holy Week always the same date?
a) No
b) Yes
 What are the most famous sweets in Holy Week?
a) Rosquetes and chocolate
b) Rosquetes and cakes
c) Rosquetes and torrijas
 How many types of costaleros are there?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4

23.  How many brotherhoods are in Seville?
a) 35
b) 61
c) 56
 Which brotherhood have more penitents?
a) Rendención
b) San Gonzalo
c) La Macarena

24.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO3E0Jg6kgs