Málaga's Holy Week differs from Seville's in engineering and in temperament. Its tronos are far larger — some weigh over five tonnes and are carried by up to 250 hombres de trono on their shoulders rather than hidden underneath — and the mood is public and acclamatory rather than hushed.
Its most photographed moment is the arrival of the Spanish Legion on Maundy Thursday morning, singing as they march to carry the Cristo de la Buena Muerte. And each year one brotherhood, El Rico, exercises a royal privilege granted in the eighteenth century to free a prisoner, who walks in the procession.
No attendance figure is recorded here in this pass.
Holy Week moves with Easter. Málaga's processions run through the centre nightly and the city's grid of narrow streets closes progressively from late afternoon.
PlanningEaster-linked. Distinct from Seville's in form — larger floats, carried differently, and louder.