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Semana Santa, or holy week, is the week of Easter celebrated throughout the world. However, many residents of Barcelona choose to spend the holiday in the nearby villages, seaside towns and country homes, leaving the city for travelers and tourists to explore. With the warm spring weather creeping in and fewer people on the streets, Semana Santa makes for the perfect week for you to escape to Barcelona on your Easter holiday. Not to mention, there are many Barcelona apartments that you can call home for a few days while discovering all of the fun-filled festivities that Easter in Barcelona has to offer. Easter Parades & Processions Since Barcelona is a cosmopolitan city filled with people from around the world, the parades and processions you will find during Semana Santa will not be as large as those you may see in other cities, such as Seville. However, that is not to say Barcelona is without its Easter traditions. The first parade of the Easter holiday in Barcelona to begin is known as “El Paso de La Borriquita” and takes place on Palm Sunday in the Ciutat Vella, commemorating the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem on donkey. Throughout this parade, visitors will be able to find stalls lining the streets selling distinctively traditional bleached palm fronds as a procession of floats and costumed participants goes by. After this first live celebration, a week of devotional parades takes place in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona as well as on the famous Las Ramblas. Easter Gifts Gift-giving does not typically accompany the Easter holiday in Barcelona, with one exception: las monas. Children are given various small gifts to commemorate the resurrection of Christ. Usually, these gifts will be small chocolate figures, such as eggs, to symbolize the rebirth and new life of Jesus. Along with this, it is traditional for godparents to give their godchildren a Mona de Pascua. Originally, the Mona de Pascua was an Easter cake made out of a marzipan substance and served with eggs. Today, the cake has many forms, some which include chocolate, and all of which are delicious. Easter Treats in Barcelona As a predominantly Catholic city, the tradition of not eating meat on Good Friday is alive among the citizens of Barcelona. However, this provides a great opportunity for people to indulge in the delicious Easter tradition of fish for the day. For example, cod is enjoyed widely throughout the city on Good Friday (as in many other cities). Especially for the Easter holidays, bakeries and chocolaterias around Barcelona work to create the most fabulous and delectable treats, making those who have given up sweets for Lent wish that Easter Monday would arrive faster. Some of these scrumptious Easter traditions include Bunyols, Torrijas, Roscas de Pascua, Pestinos and as mentioned above, the Mona de Pascua. A Taste of Seville Seville is known for hosting the largest Easter celebrations in Spain, with flamboyant parades, outrageously luscious desserts, and most traditionally, the Nazarenos. But you don’t have to go all the way to Andalucía to sample these customs, as most of them can be found (although to a lesser degree) here in Barcelona, too. Though they’re not a regular feature of Easter everywhere in the city, the hooded penitents named Nazaranos (based on the people of Nazareth) can be found in the celebrations of the L’Hospitalet de Llobregat district of Barcelona. A beautiful sight to see, the Nazarenos sport their distinctively shaped cloaks and masks during parades and processions. The cone that forms the top portion of the headgear is suggested to be symbolic of the Nazarenos rising to the heavens, providing them penance for their sins. If you are coming to Barcelona during Easter week, you most certainly cannot miss out on seeing this medieval tradition come to life in modern day. Similarly, the parades that take place throughout Semana Santa are well worth watching, while a taste of the Mona de Pascua and the other Easter-related treats that you can find here are just too much to refuse. So grab some flights, book your apartment in Barcelona and head over to the Catalan capital for an unforgettable Easter holiday.
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Is Semana Santa, nó seachtain naofa, na seachtaine na Cásca a cheiliúradh ar fud an domhain. Mar sin féin, a roghnú go leor cónaitheoirí Barcelona a chaitheamh ar an lá saoire i sráidbhailte in aice láimhe, bailte cois farraige agus tithe tír, ag fágáil an chathair le haghaidh travelers agus turasóirí a iniúchadh. Leis an te creeping aimsir earraigh i agus níos lú daoine ar na sráideanna, a dhéanann Semana Santa ar feadh na seachtaine foirfe chun tú chun éalú go Barcelona ar do laethanta saoire na Cásca. Gan a lua, tá go leor árasán Barcelona gur féidir leat glaoch abhaile ar feadh cúpla lá agus a fhionnadh gach ceann de na festivities spraoi-líonadh go bhfuil na Cásca i Barcelona a thairiscint. Paráidí Cásca & processions Ós rud é go Is cathair cosmopolitan a líonadh le daoine ar fud an domhain Barcelona, na paráidí agus mórshiúlta gheobhaidh tú le linn nach mbeidh Semana Santa a bheith chomh mór agus is féidir leat a fheiceáil na i gcathracha eile, ar nós Sevilla. Mar sin féin, is é sin le rá go bhfuil Barcelona gan traidisiúin na Cásca. Is é an chéad pharáid na saoire na Cásca in Barcelona chun tús a dtugtar "El Paso de La Borriquita" agus bhíonn ar siúl ar Palm Dé Domhnaigh sa Vella Ciutat, ag comóradh ar theacht Íosa i Iarúsailéim ar asal. Síos tríd an pharáid, beidh cuairteoirí in ann teacht ar stallaí líneáil na sráideanna ag díol fronds pailme sainiúil traidisiúnta tuartha mar procession de flótaí agus rannpháirtithe costumed Téann trí. Tar éis an chéad cheiliúradh beo seo, glacann na seachtaine de paráidí devotional áit i Ráithe Gotach de Barcelona chomh maith ar an cáiliúil Las Ramblas. Bronntanais Cásca Ní bronntanas a thabhairt in éineacht go hiondúil ar an lá saoire na Cásca in Barcelona, le heisceacht amháin: monas las. Leanaí Tugtar bronntanais bheaga éagsúla chun comóradh aiséirí Chríost. De ghnáth, beidh na bronntanais a figiúirí seacláide beag, mar shampla uibheacha, chun symbolize an rebirth agus saol nua ar Íosa. Mar aon leis seo, tá sé traidisiúnta le haghaidh godparents a thabhairt a gcuid godchildren a Mona de Pascua. Ar dtús, ba é an Mona de Pascua ar císte Cásca déanta as substaint marzipan agus a sheirbheáil le uibheacha. Sa lá atá inniu, tá an císte go leor foirmeacha, cuid lena n-áirítear seacláid, agus tá gach ceann acu delicious. Déileálann na Cásca in Barcelona Mar chathair Caitliceach den chuid is mó, an traidisiún de nach ag ithe feola ar an Aoine an Chéasta is beo i measc na saoránaigh de Barcelona. Mar sin féin, cuireann sé seo deis iontach do dhaoine chun indulge sa traidisiún na Cásca delicious na n-iasc ar an lá. Mar shampla, tá trosc taitneamh as go forleathan ar fud na cathrach ar an Aoine an Chéasta (mar atá i go leor cathracha eile). Go háirithe le haghaidh na laethanta saoire na Cásca, báicéireachta agus chocolaterias timpeall obair Barcelona a chruthú ar an déileálann is fabulous agus delectable, ag déanamh iad siúd a thabhairt suas milseáin don mian Charghais go mbeadh Luan Cásca teacht níos tapúla. Tá cuid de na traidisiúin na Cásca scrumptious Áirítear Bunyols, Torrijas, Roscas de Pascua, Pestinos agus mar a luadh thuas, an Mona de Pascua. A Taste of Sevilla Sevilla is eol do óstáil an ceann is mó cheiliúradh na Cásca sa Spáinn, le paráidí flamboyant, milseoga luscious outrageously, agus is traidisiúnta, na Nazarenos. Ach nach bhfuil tú ag dul go léir ar an mbealach chun Andalucía chun sampla na custaim, mar is féidir an chuid is mó acu a fuair (cé go pointe níos lú) anseo in Barcelona, freisin. Cé nach bhfuil siad mar ghné rialta de na Cásca i ngach áit sa chathair, is féidir leis an penitents cochallacha ainmnithe Nazaranos (bunaithe ar na daoine Nazarat) le fáil sa cheiliúradh an cheantair L'Hospitalet de Llobregat de Barcelona. A radharc álainn a fheiceáil, an Nazarenos spórt a brat sainiúil múnlaithe agus maisc le linn paráidí agus mórshiúlta. Tá an cón atá mar an chuid barr an ceannbheart a mholtar a bheith siombalach an Nazarenos ag ardú go dtí na flaithis, ar fáil dóibh penance as a gcuid peacaí. Má tá tú ag teacht go Barcelona le linn Seachtain na Cásca, ní féidir leat a chailleann an chuid is mó cinnte amach ar féachaint ar an traidisiún meánaoiseach teacht ar an saol i lá nua-aimseartha. Ar an gcaoi chéanna, is iad na mórshiúlta a bhíonn ar siúl ar fud na Semana Santa fiú go mór breathnú, cé go bhfuil a bhfuil blas an Mona de Pascua agus na déileálann na Cásca a bhaineann eile gur féidir leat a fháil anseo ach freisin i bhfad a dhiúltú. Mar sin, grab roinnt eitiltí, leabhar do árasán in Barcelona agus ceann ar aghaidh go dtí an chaipitil Catalóinis haghaidh saoire na Cásca unforgettable.