Holy Week - La Orotava

LA OROTAVA

The unusual layout of the Historical Quarter, the location of the churches, the slope of the streets and the emotive while at the same time solemn atmosphere which surrounds the steps of the images and brotherhoods which are responsible for looking after them make Holy Week in Villa de La Orotava a unique and very special event, characterised by three fundamental aspects which make it different from other festivals held elsewhere in the Canary Islands: in the first place, the survival of the “cargadores” or bearers who carry the thrones of all the images on their backs; the practical absence of group sculptures (each image sits on its own throne) and, in the third place, the unitary nature of the celebration, in which each church organises its worship in an individual manner but, at the same time, in harmony with the remaining churches.