Holy Week is now coming to an end. This Easter Sunday already means homecoming for those who have sought an escape route from routine. However, while most of the communities this Monday, April 5, will return to their jobs, Few other regions will be able to enjoy a more free day, due to Easter Monday.
And, this period leaves several holidays in Spain, although the only set has been on Good Friday.
This Easter Monday, which corresponds to the eighth Easter, after the Stations of the Cross and the Resurrection, it is not a holiday that is celebrated throughout Spain, in fact, in much of the territory it is a normal school day.
Nevertheless, For Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, the Valencian Community, Navarra, the Basque Country and La Rioja, this Monday, April 5, will be a holiday.
After Resurrection Sunday, Easter Monday marks the beginning of what is known as Easter Time, a period of 50 days in the one who pays homage to the death and resurrection of Christ, since this was the period of time that he spent with the apostles.
Some communities chain five holidays
In fact, Catalonia and the Valencian Community were the only two regions in the whole country in which Holy Thursday was not a holiday, already counting on this Monday as a non-school day. Therefore, they substitute one day for the other.
In addition, Easter Monday in Catalonia is loaded with a great tradition: the godparents bring the traditional Easter monas to their godchildren, some sweets that symbolize the end of Lent and the abstinences corresponding to the same time.
In the case of the Balearic Islands, Navarra, the Basque Country and La Rioja, This Easter Monday corresponds to one of the holidays that each community can choose per year, although the celebration itself is not as typical as in the case of Catalonia.
With this holiday, the four communities they chain five days of rest for the luckiest, that is, those who have not had to work on Saturday either.