Editing Murcia (section)

==Festivals==
===Holy Week===
The [[Holy Week in Spain|Holy Week procession]] hosted by the city is among the most famous throughout Spain. This traditional festival portrays the events which lead up to and include the [[Resurrection of Jesus|Crucifixion]] according to the New Testament. Life-sized, finely detailed sculptures by [[Francisco Salzillo]] (1707–1783) are removed from their museums and carried around the city in elegant processions amid flowers and, at night, candles, pausing at stations which are meant to re-enact the final moments before the crucifixion of Jesus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,87|title=Murcia – Región de Murcia Digital|language=es|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>

===Easter fiestas===
The most colorful festival in Murcia may come one week after [[Holy Week]], when locals dress up in traditional ''huertano'' clothing to celebrate the ''{{ill|Bando de la Huerta|es}}'' ([[Orchard]] [[parade]]) on Tuesday and fill the streets for [[The Burial of the Sardine in Murcia]]. parade the following Saturday. This whole week receives the name of ''{{ill|Fiestas de Primavera de Murcia|es}}'' ([[Spring (season)|Spring]] Fest).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.murcia.es/cultura/multiple.aspx?nm=FIESTAS&ns=Fiestas%20de%20Primavera&sub=88&id=1&nmenu=4|title=Concejalía de Cultura|language=es|access-date=22 September 2018|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040342/http://www.murcia.es/cultura/multiple.aspx?nm=FIESTAS&ns=Fiestas%20de%20Primavera&sub=88&id=1&nmenu=4|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Three Cultures International Festival===
Murcia's Three Cultures International Festival happens each May and was first organised with the intent of overcoming racism and xenophobia in the culture. The festival seeks to foster understanding and reconciliation between the three cultures that have cohabited the peninsula for centuries, if not millennia: Christians, Jews and Muslims. Each year, the festival celebrates these three cultures through music, exhibitions, symposiums and conferences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=73893 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722034343/http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=73893 |url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2011 |title=Murcia Three Cultures International Festival &#124; Murcia, Spain |publisher=Whatsonwhen |access-date=10 April 2011}}</ref>

=== Festivities in the districts ===
Sundry festivities are held throughout the municipality and districts and patron saint festivities are included each part. Month where some  occur are June and September.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fiestas de Churra- Fiestas Patronales – Región de Murcia Digital|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,176,c,369,m,1218&r=ReP-11289-DETALLE_REPORTAJESPADRE|access-date=4 September 2020|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sangonera la Seca – Fiestas Locales -Región de Murcia Digital|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,165,c,369,m,1218&r=ReP-19123-DETALLE_REPORTAJESPADRE|access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl%3Fsit%3Da,107,c,369,m,1218|access-date=4 September 2020|title=Región de Murcia Digital|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517040002/https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit%3Da,107,c,369,m,1218|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=La Arboleja- Fiestas Locales – Región de Murcia Digital|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,120,c,369,m,1218|access-date=4 September 2020|language=es}}</ref> An activity that is slightly frequent in these festivities is the ''Coronación de las reinas'', which usually consists in awarding the symbolic status of queens to three female children and three female teenagers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,273,c,369,m,1218|language=es|title=Torreagüera – Fiestas – Región de Murcia Digital|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,150,c,369,m,1218|language=es|title=Javalí Nuevo– Fiestas – Región de Murcia Digital|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://laguiaw.com/eventos/13202-programa-fiestas-puente-sucina-2019|language=es|title=Programa Fiestas Puente Sucina 2019 – La Guía W – La Guía definitiva – Encuentra lo que quieras, cuando quieras|access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref> Holy Week festivities are also held in some districts on their own.<ref>{{cite web|title=El Palmar– Fiestas – Región de Murcia Digital|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,728,c,369,m,1218|access-date=3 September 2020|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fiestas de Puente Tocinos – Región de Murcia Digital|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,624,c,369,m,1218|access-date=3 September 2020|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sangonera La Verde– Fiestas Locales – Región de Murcia Digital|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,721,c,369,m,1218|access-date=3 September 2020|language=es}}</ref> ''Pasacalles'' (similar to standard parades) are also performed and so the desfiles de carrozas, which are parades in which floats play an important role. Religious activity includes processions (festive religious marches) in which there are statues of the Patron Virgin on a platform that is carried on the shoulders.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jerónimo y Avileses – Fiestas Locales – Región de Murcia Digital|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,725,c,369,m,1218|access-date=4 September 2020|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Programación Fiestas Puebla de Soto 2019 – La Guía W – La Guía Definitiva – Encuentra lo que quieras, donde quieras|url=https://laguiaw.com/eventos/11719-programacion-fiestas-puebla-de-soto-2019|access-date=4 September 2020|language=es}}</ref>