{"id":3840,"date":"2015-03-04T10:33:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T10:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogenglish.fedele.org\/?p=63"},"modified":"2019-07-10T09:31:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T09:31:18","slug":"day-of-the-cross-in-granada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fedele.org\/en\/day-of-the-cross-in-granada\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of The Cross in Granada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fedele.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cruces-granada.jpg\" alt=\"FEDELE\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>El <strong><em>D\u00eda de la Cruz<\/em> <\/strong>is one of the most picturesque <em>fiestas<\/em> in the province of Granada.\u00a0 History tells us that in 1625 an alabaster cross was erected in the neighbourhood of San L\u00e1zaro and the act was celebrated with dances.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the 20th century, in the neighbourhoods of <strong>Albaic\u00edn<\/strong> and <strong>Realejo<\/strong>, children would construct small altars with a cross.\u00a0 The altars were decorated with red and white carnations, embroidered shawls, china dishes, copper cups and an apple with a pair of scissors stuck into it.\u00a0 Around the altars, the children would ask for money \u2013 for a chavico.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays <strong>competitions<\/strong> are held with different categories and prizes for the decoration of streets, patios, squares, shop windows and schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El D\u00eda de la Cruz is one of the most picturesque fiestas in the province of Granada.\u00a0 History tells us that in 1625 an alabaster cross was erected in the neighbourhood of San L\u00e1zaro and the act was celebrated with dances. 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