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What is Easter in Spain ?

What is Easter in Spain ?. Marina. Paula. Luis Alfonso. Fernando. GROUP 1. Easter. The Spanish word for “Easter” is Pascua . The period of forty days before Easter is called Lent. Lent is called La Cuaresma in Spanish. Processions.

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What is Easter in Spain ?

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  1. WhatisEaster in Spain? Marina Paula Luis Alfonso Fernando GROUP 1

  2. Easter The Spanish word for “Easter” is Pascua. The period of forty days before Easter is called Lent. Lent is called La Cuaresma in Spanish.

  3. Processions During La Semana Santa Spanish towns have street parades every day. In the processions, people carry and follow floats, known aspasos.

  4. Floats Onthefloats, there are statues of Jesus and La Virgen María. Thefloats are beatifullydecoratedwithflowers, gold and silverornaments and candles. The heavy floats are carriedbymencalledcostaleros.

  5. Easter in Spainis a memorial of thesuffering, death and resurrection of JesusChrist It is also a period of cooperation and union for Christians. People who belong to “hermandades” (brotherhood) prepare together Easter celebrations.

  6. Duringthisweek, thereisanatmosphere of mourningwiththeseriousprocessionsexceptonEasterSunday. Itis a day full of light and colour, withhappines and celebration.

  7. The most famous Easter celebrations are in Andalucía, Valladolid, Toledo, Segovia, Burgos, Zamora and Cuenca.

  8. EasterVocabulary Álvaro Pablo Celeste Alberto GROUP 2

  9. Mantillas:blacksilkclothingthatwomenwearcoveringtheirheads in theprocession.

  10. Nazarenos: People that participate in the processions of Easter week dressed with tunics. The nazarenos ar men, women and children who wear long robes

  11. La bulla: lots of people set in a place of the city to see the procession arriving.

  12. El paso: wooden platform to carry the statues in the procession of Easter week

  13. Hermandades:(brotherhoods) Groups of people that organize the celebration of Easter in Spain

  14. Capataz: he is the leader of “los costaleros” during the Procession. He checks that los costaleros are wellprepared underneath.

  15. Saeta :cante flamenco that a singer sings usually from a balcony to be heard by all the procession.

  16. Easter days Marcos Guillermo Javier María GROUP 3

  17. Palm Sunday “domingo de ramos” In the morning most Spanish people go to the church to celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalen. In every town people carry palm and olives branches and follow the statue of Jesus. This day marks the beginning of Holy Week.

  18. MaundyThursday “ Jueves Santo “ There is a procession in the street. It recalls when Jesus celebrated his last supper with his disciples and he was betrayed by Judas.

  19. ThisdayisNationalHoliday and in theeveningthereis a processionthatrecallsthedeath of Jesus of Nazareth. Good Friday “viernes santo”

  20. HolySaturday “Sábado Santo“Itis a day of mourning and rest.

  21. EasterSunday “ Domingo de Resurreción “ EasterSundayis a day of joyforallChristiansbecauseitiscelebratedtheresurrection of Jesus.Thereis a procession in themorning. We can seethestatues of Jesus and hismother.Childrenenjoythiscelebrationbecause in sometownsthey are givensweets in thestreets.

  22. Rodrigo María Jesús Juan Manuel TYPICAL EASTER FOOD GROUP 4

  23. DuringLent ( fortyDaysbeforeEaster) ChristiansshouldnoteatmeatonFridays. Typicalmeals are:

  24. Chickpeas with Spinach Garbanzos con espinacas

  25. Peas with eggs Guisantes con huevo

  26. Chickpeas with cod Garbanzos con bacalao

  27. Cod omelette Tortilla de bacalao

  28. Rice with cod Arroz con bacalao

  29. TYPICAL EASTER DESSERTS Jesús Eloy Javier Noelia GROUP 5

  30. Arroz con leche RICE PUDDING

  31. Torrijas

  32. Roscos de Semana Santa EASTER DONUTS

  33. Huesos de santo

  34. Hornazos

  35. EASTER DECORATIONS Natalia Santi Julián Pablo GROUP 6

  36. EASTER There is not much decoration these days. We can find candles and religious pictures in some houses.

  37. Sometimespeoplebuyeastereggs at thesupermarket, oreasterbunniesmade of chocolate, becausekidslovechocolate, butitisn´ttypical in Spain.

  38. At school we eat chocolate easter eggs when we learn about Easter traditions from other countries in our English class.

  39. Easter is coming up soon and we have holidays from Maundy Thursday (the 28th of March) until the 7th of April . What about you ?

  40. We can say about Easter in Spain it is a very interesting time to be here

  41. We wish you ¡FELIZ PASCUA! HAPPY EASTER!

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