Semana Santa processions

E120791

Catholic ritual Holy Week tradition religious procession

Semana Santa processions are elaborate Holy Week religious parades featuring ornate floats, penitents, and traditional music, most famously held in Seville, Spain.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Holy Week processions	16
Semana Santa processions canonical	13
Semana Santa celebrations	3
Holy Week processions in Colombia	1
Semana Santa processions in Málaga	1
Semana Santa “corporaciones bíblicas”	1
Settimana Santa (Holy Week) processions	1
Spanish Holy Week traditions	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1010891 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Semana Santa processions
Context triple: [Seville, knownFor, Semana Santa processions]

A. Corpus Christi processions
Corpus Christi processions are Catholic religious parades in which the consecrated Eucharist is carried solemnly through the streets to publicly honor and celebrate the real presence of Christ.
B. Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián
Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián is a vibrant multi-day street festival held each January in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, featuring parades, live music, traditional food, artisans, and religious and cultural celebrations that mark the unofficial end of the holiday season.
C. Fiesta de San Pedro
Fiesta de San Pedro is a traditional religious and cultural celebration in Tláhuac, Mexico City, honoring Saint Peter with processions, music, dance, and local festivities.
D. Hosay
Hosay is a vibrant Indo-Caribbean observance of the Shi'a Muslim Muharram commemoration, featuring elaborate processions, drumming, and artistic displays of decorated tadjahs (replicas of mausoleums).
E. Fiestas de San Miguel Arcángel
Fiestas de San Miguel Arcángel is a traditional religious and cultural festival in Orizaba, Mexico, honoring Saint Michael the Archangel with processions, masses, music, and community celebrations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Semana Santa processions
Target entity description: Semana Santa processions are elaborate Holy Week religious parades featuring ornate floats, penitents, and traditional music, most famously held in Seville, Spain.

A. Corpus Christi processions
Corpus Christi processions are Catholic religious parades in which the consecrated Eucharist is carried solemnly through the streets to publicly honor and celebrate the real presence of Christ.
B. Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián
Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián is a vibrant multi-day street festival held each January in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, featuring parades, live music, traditional food, artisans, and religious and cultural celebrations that mark the unofficial end of the holiday season.
C. Fiesta de San Pedro
Fiesta de San Pedro is a traditional religious and cultural celebration in Tláhuac, Mexico City, honoring Saint Peter with processions, music, dance, and local festivities.
D. Hosay
Hosay is a vibrant Indo-Caribbean observance of the Shi'a Muslim Muharram commemoration, featuring elaborate processions, drumming, and artistic displays of decorated tadjahs (replicas of mausoleums).
E. Fiestas de San Miguel Arcángel
Fiestas de San Miguel Arcángel is a traditional religious and cultural festival in Orizaba, Mexico, honoring Saint Michael the Archangel with processions, masses, music, and community celebrations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic ritual ⓘ Holy Week tradition ⓘ religious procession ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Holy Week processions ⓘ linked to: Semana Santa processions procesiones de Semana Santa ⓘ
associatedWith	Easter ⓘ Holy Week ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
culturalSignificance	intangible cultural heritage of Spain ⓘ major tourist attraction ⓘ
devotionTo	Jesus Christ ⓘ Passion of Christ ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
feature	hooded robes ⓘ night processions ⓘ processional routes ⓘ public penance ⓘ religious statues ⓘ silence processions ⓘ traditional music ⓘ
hasRegionalVariant	Semana Santa in Granada ⓘ Semana Santa in Málaga ⓘ Semana Santa in Seville ⓘ Semana Santa in Valladolid ⓘ Semana Santa in Zamora ⓘ
influencedBy	Baroque art ⓘ Catholic liturgy ⓘ Spanish mysticism ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
mainLocation	Andalusia ⓘ Seville ⓘ Spain ⓘ
organizedBy	cofradías ⓘ hermandades ⓘ
originCountry	Spain ⓘ
purpose	commemoration of the Passion of Christ ⓘ penitential practice ⓘ public expression of faith ⓘ
religiousEventType	public devotion ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
season	spring ⓘ
timePeriod	Holy Week ⓘ Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday ⓘ
typicalElement	bands ⓘ costaleros ⓘ incense ⓘ nazarenos ⓘ ornate floats ⓘ penitents ⓘ processional candles ⓘ religious images ⓘ saetas ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seville → knownFor → Semana Santa processions ⓘ

subject linked to: Seville, Spain

Málaga → knownFor → Holy Week processions ⓘ