| Easter in Hondarribia is as beautiful as
the city and attracts the largest number of visitors. Today, its processions are only
held on Good Friday. On that day, 10 images that represent the passion and death of
Jesus are carried through the old cobbled streets of the medieval quarter. Another
of the traditional features of Easter in Hondarribia is the fall of the Roman soldiers
which is enacted on Sunday during the mass which is held at 10 in the morning and after
the Procesión del Encuentro (Procession of the Encounter). Once the mass has concluded,
the soldiers get up, as if resuscitated and parade through the streets holding their
spears and swords the wrong way around.
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