We would like to share with you the festivals declared to be of tourist interest that are being celebrated these days in our partner towns.

Easter Week in ATECA is one of the 26 destinations in Aragon that have been declared a Festival of Tourist Interest in Aragon. The procession of the Holy Burial on Good Friday stands out with more than 300 people involved. The procession consists of 34 floats, including distinctive elements such as the skeleton of a woman symbolising Death. This is a human skeleton from the 17th century, about a metre and a half high, whose bones are strung together with wires, and which occupies the second place at the start of this central act.

Easter Week in TARAZONA is another of the celebrations recognised as a Festival of Regional Tourist Interest. The processions go through the intricate streets of this beautiful municipality. These days 12 processions will take place with more than a thousand brotherhoods and more than 50 official events.

CALATAYUD’s Holy Week, declared of Tourist Interest in Aragon, reaches its climax on Good Friday, when the very ancient procession of the Holy Burial, dating from the 15th century, sets off in the afternoon from the church of San Juan, el Real. Twenty-four processional floats made between the 17th and 20th centuries take part, carried by the 12 brotherhoods or penitential brotherhoods and more than 300 characters from the Old and New Testament. In the Plaza de España, the ancient Auto Sacramental del Entierro de Cristo is held.

Easter Week in TAUSTE has been declared a festival of tourist interest in Aragon and is impressive for the ceremonial richness of the rituals and the artistic excellence of the processions, some of which date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. During this week, processions such as the Encounter, the washing of the feet on Maundy Thursday, the procession of the Last Supper, the procession of the Proclamation or the Holy Burial take place.

Luis Manuel García Vicén.