The document describes Holy Week traditions in several municipalities in La Rioja, Spain. It outlines the processions and events held in each place, including encounters between religious figures, Via Crucis processions on Good Friday, burnings of effigies on Easter Sunday, and the throwing of money and candy from church balconies. It also lists the brotherhoods in each municipality that organize the Holy Week traditions, many of which date back centuries. Bands of drums and bugles participate in processions in several of the towns.

1. Holy week in La Rioja (Spain) is celebrated in many ways in it´s different municipalities.
In 2009 the community had 30 processionals brotherhoods recognized by the Calahorra
diocese and the Calzada-Logroño, after the cleaning made by the diocese the 18th December
2007, some brotherhoods were reduced to the rank of parochial associations. There are more
than 40 parochial associations that collaborate in the accomplishment of diverse acts. One of
the acts well known in La Rioja is the Picaos of San Vicente.
Aldeanueva de Ebro
In Aldeanueva de Ebro the following acts are made:
Holly Wednesday:
 Procession of the Encounter del Ecce Homo y de la Soledad (21:30), procession
accompanied by the Band of Bugles and Drums from the Side Cross and
Solitude and by the Brotherhood of Mercy of Logroño.
Holly Thursday:
 Procession of the Holly Thursday: 21:00.
Holly Friday:
 Viacrucis: 12:00.
 Procession of the Holly Friday: to 21:00.
Sunday of Resurrection:
 Procession and joyful Encounter of the Virgin with the Revived and the
traditional Robbery of the mantle: near 13:00. Accompanied by the Band by
Bugles and Drums by the Cruz Side and Solitude.
Existing brotherhoods:
 Brotherhood of Santa Vera Cruz and Solitude: founded on the year 1700.
 Brotherhood Jesus of Nazareth or the Living step: founded on the decade of
1980.
 Brotherhood of Veronica: founded on the decade of 1990. Formed only by
women.
Cenicero

2. In Cenicero the following acts are made:
Sunday of Resurrection:
 The burn of the Judas: a doll of great size is burned.
Ezcaray
In Ezcaray the following acts are made:
Sunday of Resurrection:
 Aleluyas: it recalls the times in which the gentlemen of the village to celebrate
events, they flattered their slaves with food and money. In the act money and
caramels are thrown from the balcony of the church.
Haro
In Haro the following acts are made:
Holly Wednesday:
 Procession of the Encounter: 21:00. The virgin starts from church of Our Lady
of Vega and “El Nazareno” from the church of Santo Tomás, coming together at
the Bretón Theater, and continuing towards the church of Santo Tomás.
Holly Thursday:
 Procession of the Last Supper: to 20:30.
Holy Friday
 Via Crucis: 11:00. Goes from the church of Santo Tomás, to the same place
after a while. After this the Sermon of the 7 words and descent of Christ
Crucificado is made.
 Procession of the Holy Burial: 20:30.
Existing brotherhoods:
 Brotherhood of Santa Vera Cruz
Pradejón

3. In Pradejón the following acts are made :
Holy Tuesday
 Procession of the encounter: 21:30.
Holy Thursday
 Procession of Holy Thursday: 20:30.
Holy Friday
 Procession of the Vía Crucis: 9:00.
 Processions of Holy Friday: 21:00.
Sunday of resurrection
 Procession of Sunday of resurrection: 12:00.
Existing brotherhoods:
 Brotherhood of Santa Vera Cruz: founded before 1681.
Bands of drums and/or processionals bugles
Bands of drums and/or bugles exist in:
 Aldeanueva de Ebro: Band of Bugles and Drums of the Brotherhood of Santa
Vera Cruz.
 Calahorra: Band of Bugles and Drums; Group Interpasos; Young band of Drums
of the Side Cross.
 Haro: grouping of bugles and drums.
 Murillo de Río Leza: band of Santa Vera Cruz.
 Pradejón: band of Santa Vera Cross. Founded on 1996.