Monday, April 13, 2009

Santissimo Cristo de Buena Muerte de Malaga



(Link if video does not show)

I realize this is a bit late, but I think it's still worth posting. On the morning of Maundy Thursday members of the Spanish foreign legion arrive in Malaga to participate in the rites of Holy Week. In particular, they lift the larger-than-life image of the Santo Cristo from the cathedral and place it on its processional 'trono', a 4-tonne veritable moving altarpiece. They subsequently carry the image to the cofradia in charge of carrying it in the actual procession at night. I really like the marcha in this video; I did some research behind it but cannot find the name of the tune nor its composer now. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: The name of the song is El Novio de la Muerte. Link.

3 comments:

christopher said...

Hey, the video isn't showing, just a white square...

Archistrategos said...

Hmm it's working fine for me. I've included a link if it still doesn't show.

cyurkanin said...

Sorry, maybe I jumped the gun, it's working now for me. Turns out I had the same problem on my site. Anyway, I hope you had a joyous Easter!