While Spain marks Easter in silence, one city drinks all night

While Spain marks Easter in silence, one city drinks all night

Most of Spain spends Easter in silence, but in León that silence breaks late on Thursday night. Thousands gather in the city centre drinking openly, with barrels of strong liquor passed through the crowd as part of a tradition that feels completely out of place during Holy Week. Known as Genarín, it unfolds just hours after some of the country’s most solemn processions, and by morning many head… Source