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Easter in Spain
Easter is a very important celebration in Spain. The entire week before Easter Sunday is often a holiday.
On Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Easter, children bring palm leaves and branches to church. Sometimes the branches are decorated with candies or flowers.
In some villages on Holy Thursday, there is a special "Dance of Death." A scary dance is performed, at night, by men dressed as skeletons.
Many towns in Spain celebrate Easter with nighttime processions (parades). Floats called "tronos" are carried through the streets. Each float tells part of the Easter story.
Forty or fifty people carry each trono on their shoulders. The procession can sometimes go on for more than four hours. The biggest processions are held in Seville. Each procession is put on by a different group. There is a lot of competition among the groups to have the best procession.
What is a trono? a float a palm leaf a Spanish actor a float
What is a procession? a contest a dance a parade a parade
Where are the biggest Easter processions in Spain? Barcelona Madrid Seville Seville
When is Palm Sunday? 4 Sundays before Easter Sunday before Easter Sunday after Easter Sunday before Easter
What kind of dance is performed on Holy Thursday? flamenco dance salsa dance a scary dance about death a scary dance about death
How do the dancers dress for the Dance of Death? as skeletons as characters from the Bible as palm leaves as skeletons
What do the floats have on them? candies and chocolates Easter bunnies scenes showing the story of Easter scenes showing the story of Easter
How do the tronos move along the streets? They sit on trailers. People carry them on their shoulders. They have wheels. People carry them on their shoulders.
