With beating of drums and sounds of horns.
Thus began the events of Easter 2009 in Lorqui municipality that will revive in the streets these days the last hours of Christ's Passion with a program of religious activities this year will start with the fourth edition of "Meet Drums Band and Bugles. "
This will take place on Saturday March 28th (17 hours) in the Town Hall Square and will consider ilorcitano initiated a religious celebration in which no shortage of traditional and significant moments in the city as the "unlock" or the procession of the Risen ".
In this musical event involving the drum and bugle band "The Samaritan Woman" and "The Lord of the Pit" (both of Alguazas), "Virgen de los Dolores" (ricotta), "Nuestro Padre Jesus and Roman Entourage" (ABARE) and the host, the "Brotherhood of the Holy Christ is Risen" ilorcitana.
As a prelude to the festival, participating bands will star in a parade through the streets of the town, leaving at 17 hours of Station Road, after which the musicians offered in the local Town Hall Square-destination-lo more varied musical repertoire.
After the contest, the bands to receive from the hands of the mayor ilorcitana, Dolores Garcia Villa, and his council of Culture, Antonio Asensio, a plaque commemorating their participation.
On Saturday March 28th (20 hours), the Church of St. James the municipality will host a Mass, which will serve as pre-reading of the opening (20:30 hours) of Holy Week, which is payable by the Pastor D.
Julián Marín Torrecilla, curate of St. Peter the Apostle of Calasparra and former owner of this parish ilorcitana.
On Thursday April 2, Thursday's Passion, will be a community celebration of Penance (21 hours).
On Palm Sunday, April 5, at 9 am will officiate a Mass that will prelude the blessing of palms and branches, and the traditional procession.
More drums
The sound and the joy of the drums again feel Lorquí Easter Monday, April 6, with the celebration of Easter Tamborada II (22 hours), which depart to the sound of the beating, the square Freedom to go until midnight downtown.
A day later, Tuesday of Holy Week will be held on child Via Crucis (20 hours) through the streets of the town of Santo Via Crucis appetizer to take place on Holy Wednesday (22 hours).
A prayer of Lauds (9 hours) will open the religious activities of Holy Thursday, April 9, a day that will count at 18 hours with the Mass of the Lord's Supper and 21 hours in the procession to Calvary.
Further, at midnight is scheduled Holy Hour for adults and youth.
April 10, Good Friday, a prayer of Lauds (9 hours) will reopen the program of activities, scheduled at 18 hours, the celebration of the Lord's death.
At 21 hours the popular will "unlock", an ancient tradition of the Easter Lorquí dating back to 1700 which takes place every Friday shortly before the start of the procession of the Holy Burial. "
In "Unlocking" climax of the festivities in the town, the brothers of the Confraternity of the Holy Christ of Forgiveness unhook the figure of Christ articulated and upload it to the throne, which premiered this year to take after the procession, the Holy Burial, whose origin is fixed at 21.30 hours with the rest of steps and pictures escort the recumbent figure of Christ.
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Holy Saturday, April 11, will have only a prayer of Lauds (9 hours) and the Easter Vigil (22 hours), while on Easter Sunday to say goodbye Lorquí Easter with a frenetic pace.
At 9 hours Alba celebrated Mass of the Resurrection, an appetizer of local Guild glorious meeting (9'45 hours) and the procession of the Resurrection (10 hours).
In conclusion these days of tradition and religious devotion, to officiate at the Mass noon Mayor of Resurrection, the last act of the Holy Week ilorcitana.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorquí