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Easter (Semana Santa), Spanish Courses in Spain

Spanish Course Holy WeekSemana Santa is an Easter week celebration, widely celebrated in Spain. You'll want to reserve a Spanish Course well in advance if you plan to travel to Semana Santa destinations like Seville at Easter. Observing the Semana Santa traditions is a good way to understand the passion of religion in Spain.
Easter is a deeply religious time in Spain, a time of fasting, penance and processions. During Holy week, or Semana Santa, events take place on Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Palm Sunday.
Spain celebrates Easter Week much more than most European countries. During the whole of Semana Santa, (Holy Week), street processions are organised in most Spanish towns each evening, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.Easter Spanish Courses
People carry statues of saints around on floats or wooden platforms, and an atmosphere of mourning - which can seem quite oppressive to onlookers - and the Easter week processions end with Easter Sunday, a day full of light and colour when church and cathedral bells are heard ringing throughout the country.

7 % Discount in all Spanish Courses in Seville, Granada, Málaga and Valladolid

(Minimum 2 weeks Spanish Course)
Not include accommodation.


In some of the processions, marchers wear clothes reminiscent of the klu klux klan. Infact their clothes are meant to depict the Nazareños, people from Nazareth. The religious fraternities and brotherhoods are responsable for carrying the statues and organising the penitents and musicians. The Nazareños follow the people who carry the floats bearing sculptures and models of biblical scenes.Spanish Course Semana Santa
The people who carry the weight of the floats are called "costaleros" and are expected the carry these "thrones" with solemnity and grace. They use a small cushion, "costal" to protect themselves from getting sores from the wood rubbing against their skin during the long processions.
The most famous Easter celebrations are held in various Andalusian towns (Seville, Granada, Málaga, Cadiz), Valladolid, Toledo, Segovia, Burgos, Zamora and Cuenca.

Semana Santa Dates in 2007: 2nd April to 8th April

This discounts will be applied in the final invoice in all Spanish Courses booked before 1th March 2007. Please makes reference this promotion in your inscription if you wish the discount.

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