We present the program with the different events that make up the Living Via Crucis of Balmaseda. Processions and Performances intertwine through the historic center of the Town. Events such as the Last Supper and the Trial of Pilate require tickets for access.
The starting point is San Severino square, from where it proceeds to Correría and Martín Mendía streets, to return again to the starting point.
The floats are accompanied by Romans and penitents who wear hoods, walk barefoot and carry crosses. The Kolitza Choir and the Azkoaga music band also participate.
For approximately one hour, the scenes of the Council of Priests, the Last Supper, the Prayer in the Garden of Olives, the Arrest of Jesus and his trial before the priests led by Caiaphas will be performed.
With the condemning words of Caiaphas, “now you will be taken before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate so that he may decide your fate,” the Thursday night Performance ends, which will continue the following morning.
It begins with the hanging of Judas, continuing with the Trial of Jesus before Pontius Pilate in the Praetorium, depicting the flagellation of Jesus, the release of Barabbas and the Ecce Homo, first fall, meeting with Mary Magdalene and meeting with the Virgin Mary.
Along with the characters and floats from the previous day, Mary Magdalene, the Virgin Mary, Veronica, the Apostles and other characters from the morning Performance parade.
On a stage 50 meters wide by 15 meters high, the last stations of Christ’s Calvary take place. It is an act of great spectacle and drama, in which Jesus after uttering his last words expires, is descended and transferred to the tomb, concluding the Performance.
Along with the characters and floats from the previous day, Mary Magdalene, the Virgin Mary, Veronica, the Apostles and other characters from the morning Performance parade.
Between the quality of the floats and the somber state of the characters, this procession achieves an atmosphere of deep sadness and contemplation.
A procession little known by visitors, but one of the most special. The Roman Guard escorts in sepulchral silence the floats of the Cemetery Christ and the Sorrowful Mother to the cemetery, where after a brief responsory the Christ float is placed in its usual location, one of the walls of the cemetery chapel, and returns with the Sorrowful Mother to the parish church.
Hundreds of attendees accompany the procession carrying lit candles.
