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Easter Festivals - La Danza de la Muerte de Verges |
La Danza de la Muerte de VergesDance of Death Easter festival in Verges in Catalonia, Spain near BarcelonaLa Procesión de Verges. Dance of Death - 'La Dansa de la mort' in Catalan langauge and 'La Danza de la Muerte de Verges' in Spanish language. Verges is a village near the Costa Brava in Catalonia, which is about 1.5 hours by car. In Verges every year in the evening of Easter Thursday (Maundy Thursday) the villagers celebrate an ancient and unique 'dance of death'. The Danza de la Muerte de Verges procession takes place to the beat of drums and the participents carry scythes, ashes and clocks and wear skeleton outfits. The spooky tradition of skeleton costumes or robes is to symbolise the final judgement of individuals after death to decide if soul goes to heaven, to purgatory, or to hell. This is definately one of Spain's strangest Easter traditions! Thousands of spectators pay a small admission fee to see the procession, which is in the medieval village and also on the walls and towers. Read about Barcelona Easter week © Copyright Barcelonayellow.com Do not copy from this page without permission All rights reserved |
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