Holy Week lamp or candle usually situated next to the tabernacle denoting the Presence of Christ is put out, and the remaining Eucharistic Hosts consecrated on Holy Thursday are kept elsewhere, usually the sacristy, with a lamp or candle burning before it, so that, in cases of the danger of death, they may be given as "viaticum". The name of the Easter Vigil, even if the vigil is held on what on the civil calendar is still Saturday, indicates that liturgically it is already Easter, no longer part of Holy Week, but still part of the Easter Triduum. In the Anglican, Catholic,
Holy Week in Salamanca have been introduced. Nowadays, 10,000 people have joined the fraternities and participate in the processions. In 2003 Holy Week in Salamanca was declared "Fiesta of International Tourist Interest of Spain". Holy Week in Salamanca features a number of distinctive singularities that make this festival specially appealing for visitors. Holy Week in Salamanca Holy Week in Salamanca (Semana Santa de Salamanca) is the most important religious event of Salamanca, Spain. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter (Holy Week among Christians). During Holy Week, 16 fraternities feature 22 processions of pasos, floats of realistic wooden sculptures narrating scenes