La Pascua en España

The Spanish word for Easter is...

• Pascua

• Navidad

• Semana Santa

• Fiesta

What is Semana Santa?

• Christmas week

• when Spanish children get their presents

• Holy week - the week before Easter

• Holy week - the week after Easter

How many days does La Cuaresma last?

• 15

• 40

• 7

• 25

What does La Cuaresma mean in English?

• 40 days

• Lent

• Ash Wednesday

• Palm Sunday

What is the first day of Semana Santa called?

• el Domingo de Pascua

• el Viernes Santo

• el Domingo de Ramos

• el Domingo de Santa

What do Spanish people take to church on el Domingo de Ramos?

• a palm or olive branch

• chocolate bunnies

• a decorated egg

• pancakes

Everyday during Semana Santa there are huge processions through the towns and villages in Spain. What is carried through the streets?

• chocolate eggs

• floats with statues of Jesus and Mary

• children

• statues of Santa

The floats are carried by people called...

• nazarenos

• penitentes

• costaleros

• chocolates

The people that follow the floats are called 'nazarenos'. They look strange to many people because ...

• they are all dressed as Jesus

• they wear robes, veils and coned hats

• they are always bare-footed

• they are always dressed in black

There is a famous event that takes place on el Jueves Santo in the town of Verges - Cataluña. What is it?

• la Danza de Pascua - the Easter dance

• la Danza de Jesús - the Jesus dance

• la Danza de Santa - the Holy dance

• la Danza de la Muerte - the skeleton dance