Passion

Holy Week in Spain is celebrated with the street processions organised by brotherhoods and confraternities. The manifestations of faith are influenced by tradition, which in turn is linked to the customs of each village

Holy Week coincides with the last week of Lent in the Catholic calendar. It is situated between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. The procession has platforms, called "pasos" - in some towns called "tronos" - on which sculptures of the Gospel characters related to the arrest, death and resurrection of Christ are carried in procession. The brothers of the brotherhoods who take part in the procession usually wear tunics and conical caps lined with a cloth that serves as a mask. These brothers and sisters are usually known as nazarenos or penitentes.

This work focus specially in Porters. They carried by The Pasos.  (an elaborate float made for religious processions. They are carried by porters on staves, like a litter or sedan chair, and are usually followed or escorted by a band. Some have long skirts that cover the bearers entirely, giving the impression that the statue is floating on its own power.)

The porters are called costaleros, cargadores or portadores.  and their leader is called a capataz ("Foreman" or "Head Man"). The capataz sets the chicotá, the period of time between a paso being lifted and set down again; the costaleros cannot pick up or set down the paso except by his leave. This is signalled by the llamador ("crier"), a knocker on the front of the float. During Semana Santa ("Holy Week", the week preceding Easter Sunday) the custom is to make pasos adorned with large wooden statues of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, saints and biblical personalities from the Passion.