Ferrol lives its large day of Holy Week, bringing collectively hundreds of devoted and guests


Good Friday is an important day for devotees from Ferrol One extra yr, Ferrol’s Holy Week demonstrates its deep roots within the metropolis This pageant has been declared of International Tourist Interest in 2014

Good Friday is without doubt one of the days that devotees from Ferrol look ahead to every year with extra need and enthusiasm. It is the nice day of Holy Week, its most enjoyable day, during which the best variety of processions and an important ones take to the streets.

One of the steps of the Holy Encounter Procession.NIUS

This pageant, which was declared of International Tourist Interest in 2014, brings collectively hundreds of tourists yearly, and on this event, the nice climate has allowed the general public to get pleasure from every act in all its splendor.

One of essentially the most thrilling moments of the day is the Holy Encounter procession, organized by the Cofradía de Dolores, during which 4 pasos come collectively within the Plaza de Armas after going via essentially the most central streets of town, staging the encounter with Jesus Nazarene with San Juan, the Holy Woman Verónica and the Virgin of Sorrows earlier than a completely devoted viewers.

One of the steps of the Holy Encounter Procession.NIUS

It is without doubt one of the most crowded occasions of Ferrol’s Holy Week however not the one one, as this procession precedes one other 5 which can be held within the afternoon, amongst which the Procession of Os Caladiños stands out, which closes the day on Friday Holy.

This yr, the group has been pressured to alter the route of the Santo Entierro and the procession of Os Caladiños attributable to some works within the metropolis, however this has not dampened the spirits of these current in any respect.

Detail of the naked ft of the penitents.NIUS

Procession of Os Caladiños

This procession, one of the vital of Ferrol’s Holy Week and the place essentially the most emblematic photos of the day are given, additionally brings collectively a whole bunch of devoted devotees who keep absolute silence and recollection; a silence damaged solely by the sound of the drums and the dragging of the chains of the penitents.

This occasion is organized by the Brotherhood of Dolores, and the Paso de la Santísima Virgen de los Dolores and the Paso de San Juan Evangelista take part in it.

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