Holy Week Celebrations in El Sauzal 2026

Synopsis

'La maleta' reflects on forced migration that many people around the world have suffered and continue to suffer. With a contemporary perspective, it tells from the perspective of its characters the reality of the emigrant. Different people, different motives, but always one thread: the search for freedom.

With the poem by Pedro Lezcano as the narrative axis, the play traverses the different reasons why people have to leave their homeland and look for other places where they can be what they could not be.

The centerpiece of the proposal is a giant suitcase that will transform into the spaces needed to tell each of the stories. An original work that brings its staging to the street to be able to be performed, seeking closeness with the audience and making them part of this proposal

Schedule

19:00–20:00 Obra la Maleta de José Pedro Hernández

Within the Salud 360º program, a Taller de Juegos de Mesa will be held, an activity designed to enjoy group leisure and foster participation and interaction among young people. Schedule: 17:00 to 19:00. Location: Casa de la Juventud de La Orotava. For more information and registration, you can contact via phone 922 32 44 44 (Ext. 2028), WhatsApp 608 139 380, or via email juventud@villadelaorotava.org. Organized by the Ayuntamiento de Villa de la Orotava.

The Auditorio Francisco Álvarez Abrante, in La Orotava, will host the show “Noches con Cristito y la madre canaria” on May 9 at 21:00 hours. The humorist Cristito will come to the town with a performance full of humor and everyday situations, accompanied by one of his best-known characters, la madre canaria. A promise of a night of laughter and entertainment for the audience. The event will take place at the Auditorio Francisco Álvarez Abrante and tickets are available through the platform TomaTicket.es.

• 21:00 Noches con Cristito y la madre canaria

The celebration of Semana Santa en La Laguna is one of the Archipelago's most traditional religious and cultural manifestations. Across several days, visitors have the opportunity to appreciate the rich and varied religious heritage the City possesses. During Semana Santa, processions formed by pasos of incalculable historical and artistic value take place, which together with the cofradías traverse the most emblematic streets in a display of authentic popular fervor. These pasos are examples of the imaginería and orfebrería that developed in the Islands and beyond over the last five centuries. Special significance attaches to the acts celebrated on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. On Maundy Thursday, it is worth noting the opening of the chapels of the temples in order to show the Eucharistic monuments, true jewels of island goldsmithing. Good Friday is notable for the Procesión Magna, which takes place at five in the afternoon, and comprises the set of pasos and cofradías that traverse the City starting from the Santa Iglesia Catedral. Likewise, at twenty-two hours the Procesión del Silencio is held, which brings together the penitential brotherhoods and cofradías accompanying the Dead Lord, also from the Santa Iglesia Catedral to the church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, amid the attendees' deep reverence.

• 17:00 Procesión Magna — route from the Santa Iglesia Catedral, with the pasos and cofradías that traverse the city from the Santa Iglesia Catedral.
• 22:00 Procesión del Silencio — from the Santa Iglesia Catedral to the church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán, accompanying the Dead Lord, amid the attendees' deep reverence.