{"id":1159,"date":"2018-01-25T10:05:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T10:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vacalia.com\/blog\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2024-02-14T11:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T10:54:22","slug":"easter-in-majorca-what-to-see-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vacalia.com\/blog\/en\/easter-in-majorca-what-to-see-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter in Majorca: what you should see"},"content":{"rendered":"

Easter in Majorca<\/strong> is a huge religious event<\/strong> that has a lot of tradition behind. Since the multitudinary assitance in each procession, to Easter Sunday’s typical lunch with the entire family, these weeks are filled with celebrations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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But before talking about Easter in Majorca, let’s talk about the origins of this festivity<\/strong>. The Holy Weeks represents the beginnings of the Christian Religion<\/strong> and conmemorates the Pasion, Death and Ressurrection of Jesus of Natharet.<\/p>\n

The dates of this celebration usually change because this holiday follows the lunar calendar (it’s always in March or April). The Holiday starts on Palm Sunday and ends up on Easter Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s needed to be said that, the Saturday before Easter Sunday, in the town of Lloseta a perfomance of the Via Crucis is made<\/strong>. It’s a living representation (with real people that plays different roles) that goes from birth to death of Jesus. The whole town gets involved and in each corner of Lloseta a scene is being performed with the whole decoration. We highly recommend you to go visit it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo: Diario de Mallorca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During Easter in Mallorca it’s a tradition that many different \u00abcofrad\u00edas\u00bb (grup of people that adores a Christ or a Virgin Mary) go out on a procession with traditional dresses. They’re called \u00abcaraputxes<\/strong><\/em>\u00bb in Mallorca and their dresses usually include a tunic with the colors of its confraternity and kind of a triangular cup on their heads which is called \u00abcapirote or tercerol\u00bb.<\/p>\n

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Said that, Easter in Mallorca goes like this:<\/h2>\n