Holy Week in Seville 2024

Official Schedules and Routes for Holy Week in Seville 2024

The official schedules and routes for Holy Week in Seville 2024 have been announced, and here we provide all the necessary information. The routes are divided into six categories, and each category has its own schedule.

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Vocabulary you need to know about Holy Week

• Acolyte: A liturgical server in the church or during the procession, usually covered with a dalmatic and leading each "paso" with candelabras and censers.
• Advocation: Canonical title given to an image based on its representation in the Gospels or within the Catholic Church.
• To heaven with her: Phrase used by the people in charge (capataces) and the bearers (costaleros) when lifting the "paso" (levantá) to continue the march.
• Walk: Harmonious movement of a "paso".
• Archconfraternity: A very old brotherhood with privileges over other brotherhoods.
• Arriá: Act of lowering the paso at the end of each "chicotá".
• Bambalina: Silk, velvet, mesh fabric, embroidered in gold, hanging from the "palio" or "paso", covering it from front to back.
• Band: Musical group that accompanies the brotherhoods behind the pasos or in front of the guiding cross, opening the processional entourage. There are silent brotherhoods that do not carry musical accompaniment.
• Boat: Term used to define the Christ "pasos" that are of great size. For example, La Exaltación, El Silencio de la Amargura, La Sentencia (Macarena), Las Tres Caídas de Triana...
• Besamanos: Worship ceremony, usually for the Virgin, in which the image is exposed for the adoration of the faithful who kiss its hands. However, there are also some images of Christ exposed for this ceremony.
• Besapies: This is the same ceremony as the previous one, but dedicated to the Lord, and it is the feet that the faithful kiss.
• Bugles: Symbols that represent the ancient Roman trumpets. They are made of silver metal and embossed.
• Bulla: This is the name given to large groups of people that form in the streets to watch the procession pass by.
• Basket: It is the upper part of the Christ paso, above the stretcher.
• Chambermaid: Woman who helps dress the images. Along with the "Vestidor," they are both in charge of the attire of the images. She should not be confused with the "Vestidor."
• Candelaria: Set of candlesticks of different sizes arranged progressively at the front of the “palio” paso, leaving a central space to view the Virgin.
• Crabbers: People who walk backward in front of the "pasos".
• Foreman: The person in charge of guiding the bearers for a correct movement of the paso. There are people who assist him (auxiliaries).
• Capirote: Cardboard cone that the "Nazarenos" wear on their heads, covered with a fabric called "antifaz" that falls in front of their faces, concealing them.
• Official Route: Marked path for all the brotherhoods. In Seville, this route includes Plaza Campana, Sierpes Street, San Francisco Square, and Cathedral. They must strictly adhere to the fixed schedules.
• Cartela: Painted or sculpted medallion placed in the "Canastillas" of the Christ or Mystery "pasos", with a religious representation.
• Chicotá: It is the distance covered and the time that has elapsed from when the paso was lifted until it was lowered again.
• Cíngulo: Silk cord, and sometimes of silk and gold, that is worn around the waist by "Nazarenos" when they do not wear esparto or hemp. It is also called the cord that ties the neck and the waist to the layers of the Lord's image.
• Codal: Small candle that is inserted inside glass lamps or windshields that are carried by the chandeliers.
• Cirial: Tall staff, generally engraved or in relief in silver and crowned by a candlestick, carried by the “acólitos” who go in front of the pasos. Their number varies between four and six, except for “Sagrada Mortaja”, which has eighteen.
• Brotherhood: Often this name is given to brotherhoods, but it specifically refers to the penance of each brotherhood during Holy Week.
• Costalero: Each of the men who carry the float on their shoulders, using a sash and a costal (a cloth that covers the nape and prevents chafing with the worker).
• Cruz de guía: Cross that opens the processional parade, usually accompanied by two or four nazarenos with lanterns.
• Diputado de cruz: Person in charge of ensuring that the brotherhood strictly complies with the established schedules.
• Diputado Mayor: Individual with the greatest responsibility in everything related to the processional route of each brotherhood.
• Dalmática: Garment that covers the torso and shoulders, open in the arms, made of damask fabric with decorative borders, worn by the acolytes.
• Dolorosa: Image of the Virgin who cries for the death of her son.
• Entrada: Conclusion of the penitential station. Return of a brotherhood to its church after the procession.
• Estandarte: Flag of the brotherhood that carries its embroidered shield and hangs from a rod with the shape of a cross.
• Estación de Penitencia: Route carried out by each brotherhood during Holy Week.
• Faldón: Fabric that covers the lower part of the float and surrounds it, generally made of velvet or damask, which extends from the breathing space to the ground to hide the costaleros from the outside.
• Gloria: Medallion located in the center interior of the palio ceiling, usually embroidered or painted with religious motifs.
• Guardabrisas: Glass lanterns placed at the end of the candelabras where the candles are located, protecting them from the wind.
• Hermandad: Religious organization that participates in Holy Week. Although it is often used interchangeably with "cofradía", it specifically refers to the penitential participation of its members.
• Hermano Mayor: Member of the brotherhood elected to preside over it. In the case of the Hermandad de los Negritos, he is known as Maestro.
• Levantá: Moment when the costaleros raise the float to start its advance.
• Mayordomo: Person in charge of the economic management of each brotherhood.
• Misterio: Sculptural set that represents a scene of the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus.
• Libro de Reglas: Text that contains the rules and statutes of a brotherhood, upon which new members make their oath.
• Llamador: Also known as a hammer, it is a decorative metal piece that is used to indicate the beginning and end of the movement of the float by the foreman.
• Madrugada: Most emblematic night of Holy Week, which goes from Holy Thursday to Good Friday.
• Manigueta: Each of the four protruding corners of a float, reminiscent of the traditional litters for transporting images.
• Marcha: Musical composition that accompanies the processions and marks the rhythm of the steps of the bearers.
• Muñidor: Brotherhood assistant who wears black clothing with white lace cuffs and collar.
• Nazareno: Member of the brotherhood who wears a tunic and capirote, accompanying the float in his penance.
• Orfebrería: Art of working with precious metals used in the floats.
• Palio: Canopy held by varals under which the image of the Virgin is processed, from which the bambalinas hang.
• Papeleta de sitio: Document that grants the right to participate in the processional parade of a brotherhood, indicating the place that the bearer must occupy.
• Parihuela: Base structure of the float where the workers are located and on which the rest of the float (basket, skirts, palio...) is mounted.
• Paso: Platform on which the images are placed for the procession.
• Penitente: Nazarene who performs penance without wearing the capirote, sometimes carrying a cross on his shoulders and positioned at strategic points of the float.
• Prioste: Person in charge of caring for the heritage of a brotherhood, including the maintenance and cleaning of the images and the preparation of the float for the procession.
• Programa: Agenda that details the schedules and routes of the processions for each day of Holy Week.
• Quinario: Liturgical celebration that extends over five days.
• Recorrido: Route that each brotherhood follows during its procession.
• Representación: Presence of members of other brotherhoods that accompany the parade during the penitential station.
• Respiradero: Decorated part of the float that allows air circulation for the bearers and is located between the base and the skirt of the float.
• Saeta: Religious song, typically flamenco, directed at the images during the processions.
• Sayón: Figure that represents a Roman or Jewish soldier involved in the martyrdom of Christ, accompanying him on the float.
• Senatus: Insignia of Roman origin carried by nazarenes next to the float, with the initials SPQR that represent the Senate and Roman people.
• Sinelabe: Insignia that symbolizes the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, often represented with a cross from which hangs a cloth embroidered in the shape of a triangle.
• Techo del palio: Bordered upper part that forms the ceiling of the palio under which the image of the Virgin is processed.
• Trabajadera: Transverse bar located in the lower part of the float that facilitates its transport by the costaleros.
• Tramo: Section of nazarenos arranged in rows between two insignias during the procession.
• Triduo: Liturgical celebration that lasts three days.
• Túnica: Garment used by Jesus during his passion and by the nazarenos during the processions.
• Vara: Staff carried by nazarenos who march in front of the float or next to the insignias of the brotherhood.
• Varal: Each of the bars that hold up the palio ceiling.