Semana Santa — The Holy Week
Malaga is preparing for Semana Santa. You can hear people talking about it in every corner of the city. It is spring time here in this beautiful region of Spain and as we are heading for the Easter week it is quite useful to know what the trouble is all about. People do not paint raw eggs to roll them down some hill. There is no need for a competition like that here in Malaga. So let’s see what’s really going on.
The Easter Bunny doesn’t exist. That is exactly what people tell you here. It is not because they don’t believe in fairy tales; it is because they do not have this tradition here. There is no Easter Bunny hiding boiled and painted eggs in the garden like the Germans have. No egg rolling or something similar, there is just a city that will be closed for traffic several times in the holy week. Why? Processions! That’s the right term. The good roman-catholic Christian people of Malaga built huge thrones to honour their patron saints and God, of course. There will be 43 processions throughout the week from Sunday to Holy Sunday. Maundy Thursday and Good Friday are both holidays here. So please remember that shops will be closed for two days. So this is what people do here in Semana Santa. Don’t miss it. It is going to be a lot of fun.
The team of Marelingua welcomes its students here in Semana Santa. You will have a great time with activities planned by the school and also in your student apartments or in the Spanish families. So let’s pass a great holy week and have some fun.
We would like to wish all our friends, partners and students Happy Eastern. See you soon.