Easter Week in Pedro Abad

Easter Week in Pedro Abad is, to date, one of the most deeply-rooted and consolidated traditions of the Alto Guadalquivir Region. It contains elements that make it characteristically unique and for the wonderful festive and small-town atmosphere that is felt. The history of Easter Week begins with the birth and implementation of the penitential processions in the 16th century.

The height of the Baroque period is manifested in the sumptuousness of the processional entourage. A lavishness that is achieved by including Baroque elements as the music chapels, which play for Christ the miserere and for the Virgin the Stabat Mater compositions. Another feature which is incorporated is the presence of Roman soldiers.

But the height of the Baroque period is at its best presented in the sermons and the representations of the Passion. Noteworthy is the presence of biblical figures or other types of figures, like the apostles.

The staging of the Arrest is during this Easter Week of Pedro Abad is of transcendental value. This religious and cultural event is held, since its beginnings, with Biblical images or of Apostles and Roman soldiers.