Semana Santa in Cartagena
religious parades in Cartagena
Semana Santa in Cartagena are a series of parades in the period around Holy Week They are unique for Holy Week processions in Spain due to their strict order along with other characteristics. The Spanish government declared it a Fiesta of International Tourist Interest in 2005.
Brotherhoods
The processions in Cartagena are organized by four brotherhoods.
Every brotherhood is divided into smaller groups ("agrupaciones"), each in charge of one of the floats in the procession. Women have recently been brought into more roles but do not always wear the hood and robe.
There are two main brotherhoods, the Californios and Marrajos, who have a strong rivalry which is seen as one of the reasons Cartagena maintains so many major parades. Unlike normal practice in Spain (and with the other two Cartagena groups) these two groups put on more than one parade in Holy Week.
Californios
The brotherhood of the Hour of Our Lord Jesus´ Arrest (known as "Californios") organises the processions that take place on the evening of Friday of Passion Week, on Holy Tuesday and Holy Wednesday and on Maundy Thursday. The colour of this brotherhood is red. They were founded in 1747, but in 1754 joined with a similar brotherhood in Madrid and adopted their symbols as well as the Pontifical and Royal titles.
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