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Holy Week and Tamborada of Mula

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Holy Week and Tamborada of Mula

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A body of Catholic rites of the Semana Santa of Mula, in the Región de Murcia, with processional parades established since the late 17th century and organised by different brotherhoods: that of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, the oldest, brings out the Samaritana procession on Holy Wednesday; that of Jesús Nazareno organises the Holy Thursday procession, with pasos by Sánchez Lozano and González Moreno; and on Good Friday and Easter Sunday other brotherhoods parade with the Piedad, the Soledad or the Resucitado. Its best-known moment is the Noche de los Tambores, which originated in the mid-19th century as a form of popular protest, when thousands of drums sound without pause through the night of Holy Tuesday. It was declared of Interés Turístico Regional (a Spanish tourism designation) in 1990, Nacional in 2009 and Internacional in 2022, and it forms part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage recognised by Unesco.

Martes Santo (marzo o abril)

Photo: LauSalOrc40 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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