Es: "La Semana Santa es la fiesta grande de Sevilla. Una celebración que alcanza una intensidad, tanto estética como espiritual, única en su estilo. Declarada Fiesta de interés turístico Internacional.
Entre el Domingo de Ramos y el de Resurrección salen a la calle cerca de sesenta cofradías que dan vida a la pasión y muerte de Cristo. Es de gran tradición que a las distintas cofradías, en diferentes partes del recorrido, se les cante un palo del flamenco llamado saeta.
Considerada como auténtico arte, a la par que motor de un profundo sentimiento espiritual, la Semana Santa en Sevilla constituye un fenómeno complejo y, en ocasiones, paradójico. La causa de esto es un fenómeno auténticamente popular en el que participa el pueblo entero, sin distinción de clases, pero que es a la vez religiosa y artística, seria y jubilosa, sencilla y voluptuosa.
En definitiva, la Semana Santa sevillana no es sólo una fiesta católica con más de cuatrocientos años de tradición, sino la síntesis de toda una cultura centrada en el placer de los sentidos y la esencia del ser humano.
Momentos de interés
Al llegar a Sevilla en Semana Santa, uno debe, sólo, dejarse seducir por sus propios sentidos, respirar el aroma sutil que impregna la ciudad, que es mezcla, en el aire, del incienso, un incienso diferente y único, acaramelado, y del perfume de azahar.
El visitante ha de emocionarse con el canto sentido y profundo de una saeta o con el silencio de una multitud que discurre por las calles como si de ríos se tratase y que siempre nos conducirá, si la seguimos al discurrir de alguna cofradía, a una salida, o a su recogida."
En: "Holy Week is the biggest festival in Seville . A celebration that reaches an intensity, both aesthetic and spiritual, unique in its style. Declared Festival of International Tourist Interest.
Between Palm Sunday and Resurrection Sunday, about sixty brotherhoods take to the streets to give life to the passion and death of Christ. It is a great tradition that a flamenco style called saeta is sung to the different brotherhoods, in different parts of the route .
Considered as authentic art , as well as the engine of a deep spiritual feeling, Holy Week in Seville constitutes a complex and sometimes paradoxical phenomenon. The cause of this is a genuinely popular phenomenon in which the entire people participate, without distinction of class, but which is both religious and artistic, serious and jubilant , simple and voluptuous.
In short, Holy Week in Seville is not only a Catholic festival with more than four hundred years of tradition, but the synthesis of an entire culture centered on the pleasure of the senses and the essence of the human being.
moments of interest
Arriving in Seville during Holy Week, one should only allow oneself to be seduced by one's own senses, breathe in the subtle aroma that permeates the city, which is a mixture, in the air, of incense, a different and unique , caramelized incense, and orange blossom perfume
The visitor must be moved by the heartfelt and profound song of a saeta or by the silence of a crowd that runs through the streets as if they were rivers and that will always lead us, if we follow it when passing by some brotherhood, to an exit , or at your pick up.
To better see the images and steps, it is better to look for areas far from the official race, through which all the brotherhoods must pass, on their way to the Cathedral . The dim light of the candles will allow us to see the baroque style of some images accentuated, already expressive and convulsive in themselves, such as that of the Puppy , and which is for many a masterpiece in the representation of the agony of Christ. It is perhaps that day, Good Friday , and together with Saturday , the best time to enjoy Seville . Later, after the massive “ marugá ”, the days are more relaxed, but still full of emotional moments, of unique ephemeral art."
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