Good Friday

09:30 - 11:00

STEPS AND THE WAY THEY ARE CARRIED: The Lord of the Armaos, Fallen Jesus, and the Holy Woman Veronica on wheels; St. John the Evangelist carried on shoulders on andas by the women of the Roman Company. CLOTHING: Armor composed of metal cuirass with closed helmet: white or incarnate plumeros; tonelete, boots and sleeves of incarnate velvet; embroidered belt; cobalt blue pants. MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT: Roman Company bugle and drum band. WE RECOMMEND: Departure and entry at the Parish of Madre de Dios, Plaza de Santo Domingo and Plaza Mayor, where the Sermon and the Encounter between the Lord of the Armaos with the Veronica and St. John the Evangelist take place.

11:30 - 13:40

STEPS AND THE WAY THEY ARE CARRIED: Two pasos, Stmo. Cristo de la Crucifixión, carried on wheels, and Stmo. Cristo de la Agonía, carried on costal by 22 costaleras women. CLOTHING: White tunic, with white hood with the cross of St. James the Apostle in red and white cape with red interior and red cross of St. James the Apostle on the left shoulder. MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT: Almagro Music Band with the Stmo Cristo de la Cruci􀀁ixión and band of bugles and drums Virgen de los Dolores de Bolaños de Calatrava with the Cristo de la Agonía. WE RECOMMEND: Exit, Recodo de Fúcares Street in front of San Blas, Plaza Mayor and Madre de Dios.

14:00 - 15:30

STEPS AND WAY OF CARRYING THEM: Jesus de las Tres Caídas and María Santísima de la Esperanza. The Christ is carried by a group of 60 bearers and the Virgin is carried by 30 bearers. CLOTHING: Tunic, belt and capirucho of purple velvet. The hood with the embroidery JHS (Jesus of the Three Fallen). Green velvet tunic with white mother-of-pearl buttons and white satin belt, green velvet capirucho, embroidered capillo with anagram of the coat of arms of Almagro (María Santísima de la Esperanza). MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT: Accompanying the Passage of Christ, the band of drums and bugles of the Roman Company. Accompanying the Passage of the Virgin, the Almagro Music Band. WE RECOMMEND: Departure from Madre de Dios and the entrance to the chapel.

15:45

Plaza Mayor

The Compañía Romana, better known as "los Armaos", is the most characteristic brotherhood of Almagro's Holy Week, with their armor, helmets with red or white dusters and ensigns. More than 200 "armaos" burst every Holy Thursday, Friday and Saturday into Almagro's Plaza Mayor to perform the traditional "caracol". The longest one takes place on the last day, but any of them arouses the same expectation. Without a specific schedule, the Good Friday snail takes place after the end of the Procession of Hunger, from 3:45 pm. The "armaos" parade into the square to the sound of drums and bugles and, after lining up one by one, begin to turn around their leaders forming a large circle that turns into a spiral, hence the name "snail". The spirals are unraveling and forming again, producing a surprising plastic and aesthetic effect. These celebrations represent one of the most genuine signs of identity of the almagreño feeling.

21:00 - 22:45

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE SYMBOLS AND THE WAY THEY ARE CARRIED: Jesús Rescatado, Santa María Magdalena, Cristo de la Flagelación, Jesús Caído, Verónica, Cristo de la Crucifixión, Cristo de la Agonía, Calvario, Virgen de la Piedad next to Cristo de la Misericordia, Santa Cruz Desnuda and Stmo. Cristo Yacente. All the steps on wheels. CLOTHING: All the brotherhoods dress the same except for the "Soledad" which wears apart a white cape with Calatrava coat of arms on the left side. MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT: Roman Company Drum and Bugle Band, Virgen de las Nieves Drum and Bugle Band, Almagro Music Band and chapel music. WE RECOMMEND: Bernardas Street and Plaza Mayor.