Semana Santa in Spain (or Holy Week, the week preceding Easter Sunday) is a week of festivals celebrated by Catholics getting ready for Easter. In the 1500’s, the church in Spain was looking for a way to explain and present the story of Jesus- and his resurrection from the dead- to the common people. What began as small marches, have grown into elaborate processions that carry religious figures through the cities to churches and basilicas. Now semana santa in Spain draws tourists from around the world.
On one of my trips during semana santa in Spain, I videoed a couple of the most famous processions. I made it into a sort-of “documentary” for my Spanish students introducing the famous and beautiful processions from Andalucía, the southern region of Spain (I have included both Granada and Sevilla). I am working on subtitles for those who do not speak Spanish- but until then, everyone can enjoy the imagery and music of semana santa in Spain:
I made this 10 years ago, and it was the first movie I had ever edited on the computer- so please excuse any messiness:).
Click on the picture above for an excellent overview of the traditions and customs of Easter and Semana Santa in Spain.
Becky,
This is great! Perfect for our students. I have been looking for a Youtube video for my students in Spanish that they can actually understand. Bien hecho, chica.
I’m so glad you can use it! I promised Ellen years ago that I would somehow get this onto a computer. Glad I could finally transfer it before my old computer died! 🙂 I’m sure this is a cloze activity or matching worksheet we could come up with. There are some technical words- naming the different characters, etc.
This is really well done! I’ve looked through a lot of resources, and this is absolutely one of the best! Thank you so much for posting it!
~Kyra
-High School Spanish Teacher in Ohio
Oh, thank you!:) I’m so glad you like it! I also was a high school Spanish teacher for several years:).