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In Spain, the Holy Week processions are meant as a public act of faith in opposition to the errors of Protestantism. Since the 16th century, the brotherhoods took over the streets, carrying statues and doing penance to proclaim their Catholic Faith and to give everyone a palpable lesson on the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the sorrow of Our Blessed Mother as Co-Redemptrix.
They believed that such acts were more eloquent and effective than a thousand sermons.
The penitents dressed in sharp pointed hoods, and escorting the floats are called the "Nazarenes."
The role of the Nazarene is to participate in the Passion of Jesus Christ as another Christ. The brotherhoods and guilds not only take care of the statues and organize the processions, but also live an authentic spirituality, as well as sustain and develop popular religiosity and important works of charity. They also play a cultural role by maintaining their archives, which they defend with equal zeal as true objects of art. They hold lectures about their spirituality, organize symposia about faith and culture, and have meetings emphasizing a taste for beauty as a unique form of sacralizing life in the temporal sphere.
Watch this incredible video of Holy Week in Seville, Spain
http://www.americaneedsfatima.org/Articles/incredible-holy-week-in-seville-sp...
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