Cofrade Art Museum - Easter

About this audio guide

This guide to the Cofrade Art Museum in Málaga opens with a question about the trono floats inside, could your shoulders carry several tonnes of gilded wood for hours without a single break. It explains how, unlike Seville's hidden costaleros, Málaga's own bearers stand exposed at the sides of these Holy Week floats, shoulders pressed against long wooden poles called varales. You'll hear about the months of strength training crews undergo, closer to competitive weightlifting than religious ritual, and the injuries that come with it. The museum's six rooms, set inside the old Hospital de San Julián, walk you from the earliest brotherhoods to the finished procession.