THE HOLY WEEK IN IGLESIAS
The mournful beat of the drums and the loud clatter of the traditional matraccas, create a unique emotional atmosphere: a rite which has not changed over the centuries; the celebration of The Funeral of Jesus.
The rites and prayers
The pathos and devotion
A unique emotional experience.
- RITES
the Mistery Procession unwinds
along the city streets - PROTAGONISTS
the Germani of the Confraternity,
is Baballottis, is Varonis - CALENDAR OF EVENTS
all the rites day by day - ORIGINS AND MEANINGS
a seventeenth-century rite,
the Spanish influence - CURIOSITIES
how to drive away evil spirits
texts Grazia Villani
photos Giancarlo Leo
web editing SP