Although the solemn nature of the newly established processions might suggest otherwise, the official start of Holy Week actually takes place on Palm Sunday morning with a large procession. In addition to the brotherhood that owns the float depicting the Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, which marches at its usual pace, members of the other seventeen brotherhoods of Cieza participate, dressed in their respective vestments and carrying palms and olive branches, all blessed before the procession begins at the portico of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption. The large number of children participating in the long and colorful procession underscores the festive atmosphere of this morning, a day of firsts par excellence for the people of Cieza, who are invariably marked by the sight of the "Burrica" making its way through the town's streets.