• Easter.The ten most emblematic festivals of Holy Week (virtual) in Castilla y León
  • Covid-19. The peoples of Spain that still resist the coronavirus: "They congratulate us from New Zealand to Canada"

For the most staunch devotees, the suspension of the celebration of Easter by the decree of the state of alarm was a major drama, as well as the cancellation of more than 10,000 events throughout Spain. Not surprisingly, for the first time since 1933 there will be no processions in our country. Even so, the forced confinement by the coronavirus has not removed so that brotherhoods, priests, Nazarenes and faithful of all conditions manage to perform (virtual) steps, closed-door (and streaming ) masses and broadcasts of processions from previous years . From Seville to Cádiz or Valladolid, we review some of the appointments of this Easter that you can live from home.

Cyber ​​steps in social networks

There are 18,814 religious associations in our country and most of them will broadcast these days steps and penances through their websites and social networks, according to the Spanish Internet Observatory (OEI), which describes this Easter as the most telematic in History. Those of Andalusia, for example, will offer messages from older brothers, confreres and spiritual directors, as well as videos from other years, documentaries and recreations. In the case of Castilla y León , the community with the most Easter holidays declared to be of International Tourist Interest (eight), the Board has posted more than 50 videos from the last three years in its virtual video library. In addition, from the hashtag #SemanaSantaEnCasa details the main moments of each of the ten days of Passion.

Two confreres in a file Easter procession. SHUTTERSTOCK

Arrows and drums on the balconies

From Seville to Murcia, Ávila, Badajoz, Almería Zamora, Málaga or Cáceres, drummers and saeteros have announced that music will not be lacking this year on the balconies of the houses. In this way, saetas, cornetas and tamborradas will be heard in most cities, one of the few non-virtual activities of this peculiar Easter. In Hellín ( Albacete ), for example, the Association of Peñas de Tamborileros has encouraged children and young people to sound their drums these days.

A saetero plays his guitar these days from his home in Malaga.REUTERS

High definition tours in Andalusia

Pages like 3dsemanasanta offer tours of other years in high definition of Seville, Cádiz and Jerez. Thus, for example, on Holy Saturday you can see that of the Brotherhood of the Sun in the capital of Seville, while on Easter Sunday it will be the turn of the Union of Brotherhoods of Jerez with the two-kilometer route from El Resucitad o. On the web are all the itineraries, with their respective schedules.

# laprocesiónvapordentro, a viral campaign

Anyone who wants to be informed of everything that is happening on the networks linked to Holy Week can take a look at the hashtag of the campaign # laprocesiónvapordentro There they will post their virtual activities, as well as thoughts and old photos of other Easter. Even Antonio Banderas has used it to upload to Twitter a poem dedicated to Calvary written by him, thus recalling an appointment that was not missed every year in his native Malaga.

Closed-door Masses on YouTube

Another of the singularities of this Easter is the celebration of closed-door masses throughout Spain broadcast via streaming through YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook . as recommended by the Episcopal Conference after the decree of the state of alarm. From the San Fermín Chapel in Pamplona to the Cathedral of Seville, that of La Almudena in Madrid or the Basilica del Pilar in Zaragoza . Even the Vatican has pointed to this trend and Pope Francis himself broadcasts the mass daily on YouTube. Local televisions have also scheduled these homilies.

The Pope, in one of his first masses in 'streaming'.EFE

Penance from home

The Council of Brotherhoods and Brotherhood of Seville has created the hashtag # Miestacióndepenitenciaencasa on their Twitter profile so that their confreres can complete their penance from home. Every day until Easter Sunday, he will post a series of videos and publications to pray the Stations of the Cross and their corresponding biblical passage. The diocesan delegate of the Brotherhoods and Brotherhoods, in addition, will make a virtual prayer. In Merida , for their part, they have launched the Cofrades at home program with the same objective: to live virtually the penitentiary stations.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • tourism
  • Spain
  • Stay at home
  • Easter week
  • Holy Week Seville

Covid-19The peoples of Spain that still resist the coronavirus: "They congratulate us from New Zealand to Canada"

Social NetworksThe Bahamas iguanas: the last cry of Instagram

Quarantine Where are Timbuktu or Vanuatu? An online trivial to test your traveling knowledge