The Holy Week in Adeje recovers its programming after two years of hiatus due to the pandemic, including all the processions and the representation of the Passion. The first appointment will be today, with the reading of the proclamation by the EL DÍA journalist Humberto Gonar and the former priest of Adeje, Valentín González. It was announced by the mayor, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, for whom “we are going to have an excellent filmed product that will allow us to promote our municipality as a sun and beach holiday destination and, also, as a heritage, gastronomic, cultural and ethnographic destination”. Unaware of the evolution of the pandemic and the measures that will be in force on April 15, he stressed that Culture proposed, at the beginning of the year, the “hybrid formula” that will be applied.
Rodríguez Fraga highlighted, among the traditions that “respects, cares for and loves” the municipalitythe representation of The Passion, “which this year has a new dimension” by combining the television-cinematographic format with another live part, which will take place in the Plaza de España.
At 7:00 p.m. today and in the Convent of San Francisco in the urban area of Adeje, the former parish priest of Adeje, Valentín González, will speak first, and then it will be the turn of the journalist Humberto Gonar, “a fan of Holy Week rooted in a childhood that links him, by family ties, to this municipality since the 1980s. The mayor explained that “prudence forced us to resort to creativity to alleviate the break of these two years.
The Councilor for Culture, María Clavijo Maza, pointed out that “now that the covid prevention measures are suspended, the important thing is to maintain prudence. We appeal to people’s responsibility to avoid large crowds.
Alberto Álvarez, coordinator of Culture, valued that «we have shot a film of great quality that will remain for the history and cultural heritage of Adeje. The broadcast of the film will link with the direct one in the Plaza de España in Adeje, where the meeting of Mary with Jesus and the subsequent crucifixion will take place.
The retransmission can be seen at 12:00 noon on Friday, April 15, by Canarian Televisionthe regional and international channel of Mírame TV, 13 TV, Channel 4 Tenerife and Channel 10. There will also be broadcasts on the social networks of the Adeje City Council itself.
Three hundred people participate in the representation of La Pasión including cast, direction, assistants, operating personnel, art, props, costumes and makeup. The complexity of this year derives from the diversity of locations, both when it comes to mobilizing the props and the cast to natural places such as Teresme or Boca del Paso, neighborhoods such as La Quinta or Tijoco, and hotels such as Bahía del Duque or El Mirador .
Among the groups and collectives that participate in Holy Week in Adejera are the Porters of the Virgin, the Ladies and Knights of Mercy, the Brotherhood of the Blessed, the Adejeras with the Virgin and the Band of the Musical Board of the Villa.
As for several years, Economic Development takes advantage of Holy Week to promote gastronomy and local businesses. On this occasion, with a Lenten tapas route, in which the traditional foods of these dates are made known through a modern reinterpretation. Likewise, a program of adult and minor workshops will be developed, focused on Lenten cuisine for the first and more playful, dedicated to making Easter eggs for children.
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The Councilor for Artistic Historical Heritage, Juan Desidio Afonso, stressed that Holy Week in Adeje “is much more than the representation of The Passion.” It stands out that on Saturday, 9, the procession of the Pasos Chicos takes place, which will be carried again by the children and their catechists on a tour that will depart at six in the afternoon from the Church of San José to the matrix, Santa Úrsula. Palm Sunday. Holy Monday has become a must with a solemn procession in which the images are accompanied by representatives of the bodies and security forces from 8:30 p.m. On Tuesday, the Holy Encounter will be after the Eucharist at 6:00 p.m.; On Wednesday, around 7:00 p.m., El Señor de la Piedra will depart from the Church of Santa Úrsula to that of San José, in Los Olivos. On Holy Thursday, the Mandate Procession at 8:30 p.m. and the following day, in the afternoon and evening, the Holy Burial and Silence will take place.
