With the Cross of Good Friday, began in Jumilla Holy Week, first and foremost the party held in the town, backed by tradition, artistic wealth and more than four centuries of parades.
The Descent of Christ tied to the column for their participation in Holy Week, is one of the biggest events, which has been operating in the town since 1848. Afternoon of Palm Sunday, the venerated image is cover the shoulders from the Franciscan Convent of Santa Ana to the Church of St. James, where he remained until the second Sunday in May to be in it procesionada Easter Jumilla.
Hundreds of Jumillano Jumillano, accompanied the image from leaving the Monastery to the Hermitage of San Agustín, where religious and civil authorities, including the mayor, and members of the municipal corporation, were to accompany the procession to the Church Santiago.
In the morning, the procession of the Palms, Palm Sunday itself, tradition filled the streets of Jumilla, with hundreds of children accompanied with palms and olive trees, the staging of the entry into Jerusalem of Jesus and his Apostles.
Moreover, the Saturday night, the place was "Tamborada of Burrica" ​​on the purple robes of Christ Drums Association of Blood stained the streets of Jumilla, from the parish of San Juan, to Top Plaza, where did drumbeats vibrate night Jumilla.
Starts and the Passion Week in Jumilla, a week full of events in which tradition, devotion and culture go hand in hand, at the party recognized as National Tourist Interest.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla