The week before Easter in celebrated in many parts of the world as the Holy Week. In Catalonia, I have to admit, the celebrations are not as picturesque as in other parts of the Iberian Peninsula. They tend to be very solemn and quiet, and quite spartan as well. Catalonia is not famous for its Holy Week Processions, but it has other attractions like the Passion of Olesa, Esparraguera or Cervera, which are huge theatrical representations of the deadth of Jesus in the cross with hundreds of actors involved or the armats, manaies and estaferms which consist in parades of people dressed as Romans.
In southern Spain instead the Processions are very pompous and dramatic, and they are the most important event of the Holy Week. On the other hand, in northern Spain the Processions still are a fundamental part of the Holy Week but are more formal. But all rule has its exception. In the northern Spanish town of Avilés there is a Procession known for its eccentricity. They do what they do to because they carry St. John, the youngest disciple of Jesus, and they represent his energy by doing this (the music is just to have fun):
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