{"id":64,"date":"2026-11-03T16:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.semanasantaalicante.com\/en\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-11-04T18:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T17:55:39","slug":"alegria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.semanasantaalicante.com\/en\/alegria\/","title":{"rendered":"alegria"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"ssa-historia-nav\" aria-label=\"Holy Week procession days\">\n  <a href=\"\/en\/domingo_de_ramos\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-leaf\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Palm Sunday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/lunes_santo\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-church\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Holy Monday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/martes_santo\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-users\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Holy Tuesday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/miercoles_santo\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-book-open\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Holy Wednesday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/jueves_santo\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-bread-slice\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Maundy Thursday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/viernes_santo\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-cross\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Good Friday\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"\/en\/domingo_de_resurreccion\/\">\n    <i class=\"fa-solid fa-sun\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Easter Sunday\n  <\/a>\n<\/nav>\n\n\n<script data-wp-block-html=\"js\">\ndocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function () {\n\n  const slider = document.getElementById(\"ssa-tamborrada-slider\");\n\n  if (!slider || slider.dataset.iniciado === \"true\") return;\n\n  slider.dataset.iniciado = \"true\";\n\n  const track = slider.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-track\");\n  const slides = Array.from(slider.querySelectorAll(\".ssa-tamborrada-slide\"));\n\n  const contenedor = slider.parentElement;\n  const puntos = contenedor.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-puntos\");\n  const anterior = slider.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-prev\");\n  const siguiente = slider.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-next\");\n  const pausa = contenedor.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-pausa\");\n  const contador = contenedor.querySelector(\".ssa-tamborrada-contador\");\n\n  if (!slides.length) return;\n\n  let actual = 0;\n  let intervalo;\n  let reproduciendo = true;\n  let inicioX = 0;\n\n  const reducirMovimiento = window.matchMedia(\n    \"(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)\"\n  ).matches;\n\n  \/\/ CREAR INDICADORES\n\n  slides.forEach(function (_, index) {\n\n    const boton = document.createElement(\"button\");\n\n    boton.type = \"button\";\n    boton.className = \"ssa-tamborrada-punto\";\n    boton.setAttribute(\"aria-label\", \"Ver fotograf\u00eda \" + (index + 1));\n\n    boton.addEventListener(\"click\", function () {\n      irA(index);\n    });\n\n    puntos.appendChild(boton);\n\n  });\n\n  const indicadores = Array.from(\n    puntos.querySelectorAll(\".ssa-tamborrada-punto\")\n  );\n\n  \/\/ CAMBIAR FOTOGRAF\u00cdA\n\n  function actualizar() {\n\n    track.style.transform = \"translateX(-\" + (actual * 100) + \"%)\";\n\n    indicadores.forEach(function (punto, index) {\n\n      punto.classList.toggle(\"activo\", index === actual);\n      punto.setAttribute(\"aria-current\", index === actual ? \"true\" : \"false\");\n\n    });\n\n    contador.innerHTML =\n      \"<strong>\" +\n      String(actual + 1).padStart(2, \"0\") +\n      \"<\/strong> \/ \" +\n      String(slides.length).padStart(2, \"0\");\n\n  }\n\n  function irA(index) {\n\n    actual = (index + slides.length) % slides.length;\n    actualizar();\n\n  }\n\n  function avanzar() {\n    irA(actual + 1);\n  }\n\n  function retroceder() {\n    irA(actual - 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Flowers,\n          symbolising joy, form a halo around the monogram. The\n          Brotherhood's name appears around the circular edge of\n          the emblem.\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- DRESS -->\n    <section class=\"ssa-ficha-seccion\">\n\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-titulo\">\n        <span>03<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"ssa-ficha-kicker\">HABIT AND BROTHERHOOD IDENTITY<\/p>\n          <h2>Processional Dress<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-indumentaria\">\n\n        <div class=\"ssa-ficha-foto-indumentaria\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/semanasantaalicante.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/imagenes_hermandades\/alegria\/indumentaria_preview.png\" alt=\"Processional dress of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Joy\" loading=\"lazy\">\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"ssa-ficha-texto-indumentaria\">\n          <p>\n            The Brotherhood traditionally wears an Alicante-blue\n            tunic with a raised collar and no hood. A white\n            scapular, symbolising purity and embroidered with the\n            Brotherhood's emblem, is worn over the tunic. The outfit\n            is completed with white gloves and footwear.\n          <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- HISTORY -->\n    <section class=\"ssa-ficha-seccion\">\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-titulo\">\n        <span>04<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"ssa-ficha-kicker\">ORIGINS AND HISTORY<\/p>\n          <h2>History of the Brotherhood<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-historia\">\n        <p>\n          After the Board of Holy Week Brotherhoods restored the\n          Procession of the Risen Christ in 1993, the idea emerged\n          to organise the Easter Encounter, which had also been\n          celebrated in Alicante.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p>\n          Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Guirao S\u00e1nchez, a man closely involved with\n          the Hogueras de San Juan festivities, took up this idea\n          and envisioned the creation of a Brotherhood bringing\n          together the men and women involved in Alicante's official\n          festivities. It would reflect the bond between the two\n          most important events in the city's life: Holy Week and\n          the Hogueras de San Juan.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p>\n          The idea came to fruition, but Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Guirao's dream\n          was accompanied by a long illness that eventually led to\n          the death of the founder of the Glorious Brotherhood of\n          Our Lady of Joy. 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The score was included in the 2002 publication \u201c10 anys de Festa en Festa. Colla de dol\u00e7aina i tabalet de Sant Antoni\u201d. It was recorded on \u201cSomnis d\u2019Aixa. Nuestra M\u00fasica: dol\u00e7aina i tabalet\u201d in 1999. Dedicated to Our Lady of Joy.<\/li>\n          <li>Virgen de la Alegr\u00eda \u00b7 Miguel \u00c1ngel Ivorra Olmedo. Processional march \u201cIN MEMORIAM de Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Guirao (founding President of the Glorious Brotherhood of Our Lady of Joy) and all fellow members of the Brotherhood.\u201d February 2006.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <!-- PHOTO GALLERY -->\n    <section class=\"ssa-tamborrada-galeria\">\n      <div class=\"ssa-ficha-titulo\">\n        <span>05<\/span>\n        <div>\n          <p class=\"ssa-ficha-kicker\">IN PICTURES<\/p>\n          <h2>Photo Gallery<\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p class=\"ssa-ficha-galeria-intro\">\n        The procession, its sacred images and the traditions of Easter Sunday.\n      <\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"ssa-tamborrada-slider\" id=\"ssa-tamborrada-slider\">\n\n        <div class=\"ssa-tamborrada-track\">\n\n          <div class=\"ssa-tamborrada-slide\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/semanasantaalicante.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/imagenes_hermandades\/alegria\/1.jpeg\" 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