Tobarra is a city of Albacete.
Understand
Easter
Tobarra is characterized by the mixture between the profane and the sacred, this mixture is due to its processions and its tamboradas. On the eve of Palm Sunday the proclamation is celebrated in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption, the next day the procession of the palms takes place in which the banners of all the brotherhoods parade in representation of these and the image of La Burrica carried on the shoulders of all the brotherhoods. Holy Monday the procession of silence takes place and Holy Tuesday the Prayer in the garden. Holy Wednesday the profane part begins with the drums, they are the youngest, in charge of starting the 104 hours of drumbeat (3 pm on Wednesday to 12 pm on Sunday) with the Tamborada Escolar. At night the Arrest of Jesus takes place. The following day the Bajada del Paso Gordo takes place in the afternoon from the hermitage of La Encarnación, later the longest procession takes place, that of Armargura. Holy Friday or in the morning the procession to Calvary and the act of blessing take place. in which the drums are silent for this act to take place and at the end they continue to sound, at night the Holy Burial takes place, Holy Saturday is a day only for the drum, at night the Tribute to the Drum March takes place On Resurrection Sunday, the procession of the risen one takes place, the Magdalene-risen and sorrowful-risen encounter. At night the closing of the drum takes place in which, after the sound of silence, thousands of drums concentrated next to the monument to the drum are silenced in unison and the Hymn of Tobarra ends.
To get
Tobarra is located on the A-30 highway and on the national 301 at kilometer 300. It is located on the road between Albacete and Murcia.