* The locals usually get dresses up to go out to see the Fraternities, especially on Palm Sunday (the day they like to put on their new clothes),Holy Thursday and the evening of Good Friday when the men wear the dark suits(a tradition which the younger and trendier males follow) and meet up with a growing number of women who wear the Mantilla.
* The favourite sweet food at Holy Week is Torrijas, Bread soaked in wine and honey. Dishes full of this delicacy are to be found in almost all cafés and cake shops. Don´t leave without trying it!.
* On Holy Thursday most churches install the Monumento to Jesus Christ. In doing so, the Eucarist is workshipped precisely on the day which commemoretes the Last Supper. The monumento installed in the Cathedral is particulary spectacular. Visiting this and other Monumentos on Holy Thursday is definitely a must. It is so pleasant to enjoy a few moments of peace and concentration (remember thet these are places of worhsip) before returning to the hussle and bussle in the streets of Seville on this evening.
* The Pasos swaying to the rhythm of the music, the clapping which recognises the skill of the costaleros and the Saeta carresing the night air can all be quite shocking compared with the more austere Easters in other places. Don´t doubt for a moment that all the above is part of the jubilant way that people from Seville have of taking Holy Week seriously.
