BARCELONA, SPAIN.- “Fridays at heaven”, or “Friday in heaven”: that is the name given to the light session on Friday, April 7, by the Teatre Sant Cugat-Night Scene nightclub, in the Barcelona town of Sant Cugat del Valles.
The idea was to set the festival at Easter, aimed at a young audience aged 16 and over. According to El Confidencial Autonómico, a strong controversy ended up originating between some attendees and people who realized what had happened.
The discotheque decorated the interior as if it were a church, with a stone façade, stained glass windows, paintings… At one point, a “procession” began along the track: Roman soldiers, Nazarenes with their hoods, lighted candles, and above all, a man on stilts disguised as Jesus Christ, with a white robe, crown of thorns and carrying a large cross.
After circulating around the dance floor with music similar to the sacred, the actor who played Jesus Christ began to dance to the rhythm of much more upbeat and modern music, always embracing the cross. Some of those present were shocked to see how “Jesus Christ” danced reggaeton, and even, according to his words, “petting” with the cross.
Some of the attendees who felt offended undertook a campaign to collect signatures on Change.org on the same Saturday, April 8, to denounce the events and ask that it not be repeated that second night: “What has happened is a mockery of religion Christian, towards its believers and what the celebration of Holy Week really means. But it is more than a religious offense. It’s a matter of respect for a group of people.”
In Sant Cugat and the surrounding area there are a good number of religious schools, some of whose students were at the festival.
After that controversial session, many parents of the minors who were there contacted those responsible for the Teatre nightclub to protest. They wrote him messages of complaint on the club’s Facebook profile, but they also wrote to him on WhatsApp, and sent them emails, as well as calling them by phone to denounce the “pathetic and offensive show”.
From the Teatre nightclub, a spokesman assures that during these days they have tried to respond and apologize to all those who have contacted them to protest. In addition, he assures that no one left the party in protest for representing this parody of a procession (he even points out that it was one of the most popular parties in recent years), and even points out that the person disguised as Jesus Christ did not dance reggaeton , but another type of music.
In any case, those responsible for this nightclub reacted to the controversy that arose by canceling the second session of “Fridays at heaven”, set in Easter, scheduled for Saturday, April 8. “It was not our intention to offend anyone,” says a spokesman, who points out that there was no objective of mocking anyone or the Catholic religion or Easter.
Source: The Autonomous Confidential
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