MADRUGÁ

THE NIGHT OF HOLY THURSDAY WHEN,ACCORDING TO THE GOSPEL, THE PASSION OF CHRIST TOOK PLACE. THIS IS WHEN THE MOST INTENSE MOMENTS OF THE ENTIRE EASTER WEEK IN SEVILLE ARE FELT.

MANTO

A HUG PIECE OF RICH MATERIALS WHICH ARE DELICATELY EMBROIREDED AND FLOWS FROM THE STATUE OF THE VIRGIN OVER A HARD SUPPORT COVERING THE BACK OF THE PASO

HERMANO MAYOR

THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF A FRATERNITY OF NAZARENOS ELECTED DEMOCRETICALLY BY ALL ITS MEMBERS. IN THE PROCESSION THEY USUALLY CARRY A GOLD STAFF.

COSTAL

A PIECE OF CLOTH WHICH THE COSTALEROS PLACE ON THEIR HEADS SO THAT THEY CAN CARRY THE TRABAJADERA MORE CONFORTABLY.

TRABAJADERA

WOODEN CROSSBEAMS THAT THE COSTALEROS LEAN ON TO CARRY THE PASO.

ESPARTO

A KIND OF WIDE SASH MADE OF ROPE WHICH THE NAZARENOS FROM MANY FRATERNITIES WEAR OVER THEIR TUNICS.

CENTURIA

A FORMATION OF ARMAOS FROM THE MACARENA FRATERNITY WHICH IS THE PRIDE AND ADMIRATION OF THE SENATE AND THE PEOPLE OF SEVILLE. NOTICE THEIR GAIT AND DIGNITY AS THEY MARCH BY. TO BE A MEMBER OF THE MACARENA CENTURIA IS NOT AN EASY PRIVILIEGE TO ATTAIN.

RECOGIDA

RETURN JOURNEY OF THE FRATERNITIES FROM THE CATHEDRAL TO THEIR TEMPLES.

MECER

PARTICULAR WAY THE COSTALEROS MOVE THE PASO TO THE RHYTHM OF THE MUSIC. THE MOVEMENT OF THE VARALES (FLAMEWORK OF POLES) ADDS TO THE OVERALL SPLENDOUR.

CAPILLITA

A POPULAR NAME FOR THOSE WHO ARE GREAT FANS OF EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE FRATERNITIES, THEIR ACTIVITIES, CEREMONIES AND CULTS NOT ONLY DURING EASTER WEEK BUT THROUGOUT THE YEAR. THEY ANEXIOUSLY LOOK FORWARD TO THESE SEVEN DAYS DURING THE REMAINING 358.

PENITENTE

MEMBERS OF THE FRATERNITIES IN THE PROCESSION WHO CARRY WOODEN CROOSES,WHO WEAR TUNICS AND AN ANTIFAZ, BUT UNLIKE THE NAZARENOS, THEY DO NO WEAR A CAPIROTE.

MARCHA

THE MISICAL COMPOSITIONS ACCOMPANYING THE MAJORITY OF THE FLOATS ARE CALLED FRATERNITY MARCHES. A LOT OF THEM ARE BEATIFUL PIECES OF MUSIC, SUCH AS AMARGURA, VIRGEN DEL VALLE ,CARIDAD DEL GUADALQUIVIR.

CAPIROTE

A CONE SHAPE MADE OF CARDBOARD THAT THE NAZARENOS WEAR ON THEIR HEADS. IT IS FORBIDDEN TO CALL IT ANYTHING OTHER THAN CAPIROTE(FOR EXAMPLE "CONE HEAD")

PALCOS

STANDS WHICH ARE ERCTED IN SAN FRANCISCO SQUARE OUTSIDE THE TOWN HALL, WHICH IS THE MOST "NOBLE" AREA OF THE OFFICIAL ROUTE. SEATS HERE ARE NOT RENTED ON A DAILY BASIS AS ARE THE OTHERS. IT MAY TAKE A WHOLE LIFETIME TO GET ONE OF THESE SEATS.

INCENSARIO

A CRUCIBLE WITH CHAINS AND A LID WHERE THE INCENSE IS BURNED. ITS SMOKE IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT IN THIS COMPOSITION WHICH IMPREGNATES THE SENSES, IN THIS CASE THE SENSE OF SMELL.

CAPATAZ

THE MAN AT THE HEAD OF THE PASO WHO DIRECTS THE WORKS OF THE COSTALEROS.THE FINAL RESULT OF THE WORK OF ART OF PARADING THE PASO THROUGH THE STREETS OF SEVILLE DEPENDS LARGELY ON HOW WELL THIS MAN DOES HIS JOB.

ARMAO

A MEMBER OF THE MACARENA FRATERNITY WHO PAREDES EVERY YEAR AS A ROMAN LEGIONARY OF THE CENTURIA BEHIND THE PASO OF

JESUS DE LA SENTENCIA

(THE PASO MYSTERY WITH CHRIST FROM THE MACARENA FRATERNITY)

VARAL

EACH ONE OF THE TWELVE VERTICAL POLES OF THE VIRGIN PASO.THEY ARE DECORATED WITH WORKS OF GOLD AND SILVER AND ARE LITTLE LOOSE SO THAT THE CHARACTERISTIC SWAYING MOVEMENT OF THE COSTALEROS CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO THE PASO.

CHICOTÁ

THE STETCH OF THE ROUTE COVERED BY A PASO FROM THE TIME THE CAPATAZ GIVES THE ORDER TO RAISE THE FLOAT UNTIL THE STOPS AGAIN.

LEVANTÁ

THE MOMENT WHEN THE PASO IS RAISED WHEN THE CAPATAZ BANGS ON THE LLAMADOR (KNOCKER).DEPENDING ON THE PASO,THE COSTALEROS MAY RAISE IT IN ONE GO OR IN STAGES.

CARRERA OFICIAL (OFFICIAL ROUTE)

THE ONLY ROUTE WHERE ALL THE PROCESSIONS COINCIDE. IT STARTS IN PLAZA DE LA CAMPANA (BELLS PLACE) ,PAST THE TOWN AND ENDS IN THE CATHEDRAL. THE ONLY WAY TO SEE THE FRATERNITIES PROPERLY ON THIS ROUTE IS BY RENTING A CHAIR.

PALIO

A CANOPY SUPPORTED BY THE VARALES CARRINGS THE PASO WITH STATUES OF THE VIRGIN. IT IS LIKE A ROOF PROTECTING THE STATUE. MANY OF THE ARE TRUE JEWELS OF SILVER AND GOLD CRAFTSMANSHIP AND EMBROIDERY. BY EXTENSION, THE ENTIRE PASO CAN ALSO BE CALLED PALIO.

CIRIAL

TALL CANDLESTICKS CARRIED BY THE ACÓLITOS IN THE FRATERNITIES. EVEN FROM A DISTANCE THEIR ARRIVAL FILLS THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE WAITED FOR A LONG TIME WITH CHEER AND RELIEF, SINCE THEY ANNOUNCE THE LONG-AWAITED ARRIVAL OF THE PASO

CRUZ DE GUIA

A BANNERWHICH OPENS THE PROCESSION WITH TWO NAZARENOS CARRYING LANTERNS ON EITHER SIDE.

LLAMADOR

A METAL PIECE AT THE FRONT OF THE PASO WHICH THE CAPATAZ KNOCKS ON TO GIVE THE SIGNAL TO RAISE OR LOWER THE PASO.SOME ON THESE KNOCKERS ARE GREAT WORKS OF ART.

MANTILLA

PIECE OF LACE WORN WITH A ORNAMENTAL COMB.IT IS TRADICIONALLY WORN BY THE WOMEN OF SEVILLE OF THE EVENINGOF HOLY THURSDAY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT ON GOOD FRIDAY.BY EXTENSION, THE MANTILLA CAN ALSO REFER TO A WOMAN´S ENTIRE OUTFIT.

NAZARENO

MEMBERS OF THE FRATENITIES WHICH MAKE UP THE PROCESSION.THE CARRY CANDLES AND BANNERS.THEY WEAR TUNICS,CAPIROTE AND ANTIFAZ.

SAETA

A SHORT FLAMENCO FOLK SONG WHICH IS ALWAYS SUNG FROM A BALCONY.THE WORDS OF THE SONG ARE CHARGED WITH PRAISE TO RESPECTIVE STATUES.

PASO

THE PASO IS THE PORTABLE PLATAFORM AND ALL THE IMAGE OF CHRIST,OF THE VIRGIN, OR A MYSTERY(A SET OF IMAGES WHICH REPRESENT A SCENE FROM THE PASSION OF CHRIST)

COSTALEROS

THE MEN WHO CARRY THE PASOS.THEY WERE ORIGINALLY DOCKERS AND BRICKLAYERS WHO WERE CONTRACTED TO DO THIS JOB. NOWADAYS THEY ARE NEARLY ALL MEMBERS OF A FRATERNITY WHO EVEN PAY A FEE TO PARTICIPATE.

BULLA

CROWDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE PASOS IN CERTAIN AREAS ALONG THE ROUTES OF THE FRATERNITIES

ANTIFAZ

THIS IS THE PIECE OF CLOTH WHICH COVERS THE HEAD AND FACE OF THE NAZARENOS AND PENITENTS WHICH HAS TWO OPENINGS OR THE EYES. THE IDEA IS THAT MEMBER OF THE FRATERNITY REMAINS ANONYMOUS.

ACÓLITOS

ALTAR BOYS WHO CARRY THE PROCESSIONAL CANDLE STICKS AND CENSERS AT THE HEAD OF DE "PASO"