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The Murcia regional portal Tourism, whose address is murciaturistica.es, picks from today the award of Regional Tourist Interest Holy Week Totana.
As recorded by the portal, Totana relives the events of Holy Week in many parts of Spain, but with the distinction of being one of the events that has greater depth and meaning in the popular calendar of celebrations of the city.
It takes an array of anthropological values ​​about how to think and communicate.
A mixture of pagan and religious is difficult to describe, which is only understood if it is lived and so appealing to know who approaches.
Everything revolves around the black robe, which standardizes an entire population in the days of Holy Thursday and Good Friday, a sign of identity of a people who joins us from the seventeenth century and this is the dress that the aldermen were placed to participate in acts of mourning.
The ancient Nazarenes came to his Brotherhood, covered their faces, lit the candle and let go of the tail that encircles the waist and dragged all the way.
Thousands of penitents through the streets during those days, participating in events such as processions and always has been done since leaving the ranks to go to bars with friends and family to prepare delicious meats typical of these dates as the pipirrana, paparajotes, pies ...
then back to the row, ie the procession.
This tradition comes from the fact replace the ends of the candles to light their thrones because having to go inside tulips, had to be short and not last the whole race, made three stops.
On Good Friday, either in family or group of friends get together and taste the traditional rice widower for a few hours rest and take back the streets in the afternoon and long night of Friday, participating in and watching the procession set out, where all steps in the square waiting for orders to arrive the Sorrowful and under the strains of "orchestra" is introduced into the Church, being the highlight of the Easter totanera as the scenery and overall atmosphere created is unique.
"Moments later the Nazarenes were concentrated to attend the farewell rite of Holy Week, Bridge Street crowd where thrones and honor bands that go to their offices under a thundering sound of drums and gentle rocking of the images," they say in murciaturistica.es
Some of the features of originality Totana Easter, according to the website are:
The possibility that any citizen neighbor or stranger can be integrated with total acceptance and presence in their processional activities.
Participation wearing the typical robe massive Nazarene.
The Orchestra of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Sorrows of Totana, whose identity element of the violins.
The tablets, a hollow instrument of wood shaped like a Greek cross.
The horn sound with a throaty, expressive dark
Company of "The Arm" with your "snail wheel" and "Punton."
Source: Totana.com
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