The city is in full swing of preparations for Semana Santa, Holy Week, a tradition that is over 500 year old. Drapes are covering balconies of houses that are on the routes of the processions, streets are cleaned, and in more than 40 brotherhood houses the thrones are prepared. These are so heavy that they will need 200 men to carry them, stepping in unison. Most of the statues are replicas, the originals were burned or destroyed during the Spanish civil war. It starts tomorrow on Palm Sunday.
