There’s no need for explanations, everything is exactly as it seems
L.e: /s because it was not obvious enough for some people, my god 🙄
Search some of this terms in Google: Semana Santa, Nazarenos, Penitentes.
You could’ve just looked up ku klux klan in Spain and find the answer immediately. Or scroll doen this sub.
Google nazareno or capirote Semana Santa
I will explain. In short, they are wearing a Capirote (the KKK adopted that uniform to mock catholics they are [anti Catholic](https://www.jstor.org/stable/40579872) )
This is a tradition than can be traced to the medival ages, people wear that when they are doing penitence so they cant be recognised or boast about this action.
And if you are wondering why the KKK would mock traditions from all the way in Spain, over 70% of the US used to be under the Spanish Empire, that is why most of your States, Native Americans, Landmarks and Cities have Spanish names (Florida, Colorado, Nevada, Tejas, California, Montana…) so as Anglo Protestant supermacists this group used to attack anything that would represent Spain and its culture.
ratio
Not everywhere is America.
Explanation: you’re a retarded ameriburger
How didnt they realise that the KKK is actually the 2nd Spanish inquisition?
Each procession has a different figure or statue of Jesus or other biblical characters. Spanish Catholicism is very much centred on the devotion to the Saints, there are thousands of Saints, and all towns and cities have one or more patron saints.
The people who take part in the processions have nothing to do with the crusaders, templars or any other such organisation. They are ordinary people who belong to a confraternity/brotherhood: every saint has one. They pay a registration fee that is used for the maintenance of the thrones (which is where the figures of the saints are carried) and to buy candles, flowers and everything else needed for the procession. It is basically a club, but a religious one. Every year hundreds of thousands of people take part in processions in their towns and villages.
The [thrones](https://img.milanuncios.com/fg/3034/42/303442768_2.jpg?VersionId=Xvfzwicwb40L4zmRCW2nPYK7N8I95d6j) are usually carried by [“costaleros”](https://www.schule-bw.de/faecher-und-schularten/sprachen-und-literatur/spanisch/land-und-leute/espana/ciudades-comunidades/andalucia/semana-santa/costaleros6.jpg), which is what the people who carry them on their shoulders are called. The size and weight varies depending on the size of the town to which the confraternity belongs, but there are thrones that are carried by [hundreds](https://youtube.com/shorts/SK8-5QPiCiQ?feature=share) of people and weigh thousands of kilos. Before Easter Week, they perform trials ([video here](https://youtu.be/bB4GjQowuHY)) to practise how to manoeuvre the throne through the streets. The processions make a route from the place where the saint is stored (usually a church or chapel) through the town and people wait to see it pass by. It usually takes many hours, so it is a great effort: a penance. Some of the people who take part in the processions have made some kind of petition to the saint (they mainly ask for health) and they make this effort as thanks. There is some controversy nowadays because in some places women are not allowed to be costaleras because traditionally only men were allowed do it. In some places the thrones have wheels and are pulled rather than carried, but this is not the norm.
As others have said, the hooded people are called [penitents](http://fotos.ideal.es/200909/semana_santa_y_dia_del_centrokarate_2006_009.jpg). Holy Week is a time of grief for Catholics because it represents the death of Jesus, it is a funeral, so the penitent costume has several functions: it represents mourning and maintains the anonymity of those doing penance for the death of Jesus, as an act of humility. It is also said that the costumes are meant to represent souls or spirits that accompany the procession. Only on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday is it common to see people with their [faces uncovered](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UAH59xghse4/XFHzJyKX9aI/AAAAAAAAKZ4/Kv7IA_Fjrqskjb-VabT7Puu6G6Wi_Uo7wCLcBGAs/s1600/10.jpg), because they are happy moments: the hope of Jesus arriving in Jerusalem and the joy of the resurrection.
Music is also an important part of the processions to give them drama and passion, and it also helps the costaleros to keep the rhythm of the march. Each brotherhood is accompanied by a [music band](https://youtu.be/q21mZB8tgOY) and sometimes in some processions someone sings a [saeta](https://youtu.be/DEPHpiiAexA), a flamenco cry.
Processions can also be seen outside of Holy Week, each city and town usually holds a procession on the day of its patron saint.
The most famous processions are those in the cities of Sevilla and Málaga, so if you want to see more images you can look for one of those two.
Edit: I understand that for anyone outside Spain this is a surprising tradition, so I hope it has helped you. Some of the comments have been unkind, but that’s because we’re sick and tired of Spanish Easter being associated with the KKK.
Just google it dude, if you do not understand other countries and cultures traditions it your problem 🙂
If i’m not mistaken ~~~this is the Penitential Procesión of the San Gonzalo Confrary in Sevilla, held every monday after Palm Sunday~~~ this is one of the over 70 Penitential Processions held this week in Sevilla, and of the Thousands held all across Spain and some other countries of Catholic heritage … for over 500 hundred years So ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with the KKK.
The similarty in the garbs is a curious sample of convergent Evolution at the social level. The penitential garb (tunic, hood to hide the identity, and the conic “capirote”) exists since at least the XV century, and comes in a number of varieties. The KKK garb started around 1920, and is attributed to the influence of the attire of the Knights in D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation”, which in turn was a “reimagination” of the armory of medieval Knigthly orders … How the actual KKK garb ended Up being very close to actual penitential attires is a mistery to me, given the radical anti Catholic stance of the XX century clansmen
Edited: I misidentified the Confrary, and i’m not even sure this is Sevilla, but has no bearing on the argument
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Can’t you google before jumping to conclusions?
There’s no need for explanations, everything is exactly as it seems
L.e: /s because it was not obvious enough for some people, my god 🙄
Search some of this terms in Google: Semana Santa, Nazarenos, Penitentes.
You could’ve just looked up ku klux klan in Spain and find the answer immediately. Or scroll doen this sub.
Google nazareno or capirote Semana Santa
I will explain. In short, they are wearing a Capirote (the KKK adopted that uniform to mock catholics they are [anti Catholic](https://www.jstor.org/stable/40579872) )
This is a tradition than can be traced to the medival ages, people wear that when they are doing penitence so they cant be recognised or boast about this action.
And if you are wondering why the KKK would mock traditions from all the way in Spain, over 70% of the US used to be under the Spanish Empire, that is why most of your States, Native Americans, Landmarks and Cities have Spanish names (Florida, Colorado, Nevada, Tejas, California, Montana…) so as Anglo Protestant supermacists this group used to attack anything that would represent Spain and its culture.
ratio
Not everywhere is America.
Explanation: you’re a retarded ameriburger
How didnt they realise that the KKK is actually the 2nd Spanish inquisition?
I will add a little to farmerleaguefan’s answer:
This kind of processions are held in more Catholic countries, but in Spain it is still more relevant. It is a tradition in many parts of the country, since medieval times, to hold Holy Week processions. They represent the Passion of Christ, the events told in the Bible from the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem until his resurrection. For example, on Palm Sunday there is a procession called [La burriquita](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oeGbW1sB_WY/XMwoL5iXgoI/AAAAAAABaI8/xYV1R286Cw0x6D1EpggW2JpfFVpD2H2jQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_9289.jpg) (which can have different names) that represents the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, on Holy Thursday you can see processions of the [crucified Jesus](https://www.semanasantahellin.es/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/EXCAUTIVOS-9.png), and so on.
Each procession has a different figure or statue of Jesus or other biblical characters. Spanish Catholicism is very much centred on the devotion to the Saints, there are thousands of Saints, and all towns and cities have one or more patron saints.
The people who take part in the processions have nothing to do with the crusaders, templars or any other such organisation. They are ordinary people who belong to a confraternity/brotherhood: every saint has one. They pay a registration fee that is used for the maintenance of the thrones (which is where the figures of the saints are carried) and to buy candles, flowers and everything else needed for the procession. It is basically a club, but a religious one. Every year hundreds of thousands of people take part in processions in their towns and villages.
The [thrones](https://img.milanuncios.com/fg/3034/42/303442768_2.jpg?VersionId=Xvfzwicwb40L4zmRCW2nPYK7N8I95d6j) are usually carried by [“costaleros”](https://www.schule-bw.de/faecher-und-schularten/sprachen-und-literatur/spanisch/land-und-leute/espana/ciudades-comunidades/andalucia/semana-santa/costaleros6.jpg), which is what the people who carry them on their shoulders are called. The size and weight varies depending on the size of the town to which the confraternity belongs, but there are thrones that are carried by [hundreds](https://youtube.com/shorts/SK8-5QPiCiQ?feature=share) of people and weigh thousands of kilos. Before Easter Week, they perform trials ([video here](https://youtu.be/bB4GjQowuHY)) to practise how to manoeuvre the throne through the streets. The processions make a route from the place where the saint is stored (usually a church or chapel) through the town and people wait to see it pass by. It usually takes many hours, so it is a great effort: a penance. Some of the people who take part in the processions have made some kind of petition to the saint (they mainly ask for health) and they make this effort as thanks. There is some controversy nowadays because in some places women are not allowed to be costaleras because traditionally only men were allowed do it. In some places the thrones have wheels and are pulled rather than carried, but this is not the norm.
As others have said, the hooded people are called [penitents](http://fotos.ideal.es/200909/semana_santa_y_dia_del_centrokarate_2006_009.jpg). Holy Week is a time of grief for Catholics because it represents the death of Jesus, it is a funeral, so the penitent costume has several functions: it represents mourning and maintains the anonymity of those doing penance for the death of Jesus, as an act of humility. It is also said that the costumes are meant to represent souls or spirits that accompany the procession. Only on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday is it common to see people with their [faces uncovered](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UAH59xghse4/XFHzJyKX9aI/AAAAAAAAKZ4/Kv7IA_Fjrqskjb-VabT7Puu6G6Wi_Uo7wCLcBGAs/s1600/10.jpg), because they are happy moments: the hope of Jesus arriving in Jerusalem and the joy of the resurrection.
Anyone can dress as a penitent: women, men or [children](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zuGzfTvF0uo/T2DvMU_mJNI/AAAAAAAAAW0/QpC2GSMWyXI/s400/nazareno%2Bsan%2Bgonzalo.jpg). There are also women who wear the [mantilla](https://e00-elmundo.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2015/04/01/14279200503632.jpg), which is one of the traditional Spanish costumes.
Music is also an important part of the processions to give them drama and passion, and it also helps the costaleros to keep the rhythm of the march. Each brotherhood is accompanied by a [music band](https://youtu.be/q21mZB8tgOY) and sometimes in some processions someone sings a [saeta](https://youtu.be/DEPHpiiAexA), a flamenco cry.
Processions can also be seen outside of Holy Week, each city and town usually holds a procession on the day of its patron saint.
The most famous processions are those in the cities of Sevilla and Málaga, so if you want to see more images you can look for one of those two.
Edit: I understand that for anyone outside Spain this is a surprising tradition, so I hope it has helped you. Some of the comments have been unkind, but that’s because we’re sick and tired of Spanish Easter being associated with the KKK.
Just google it dude, if you do not understand other countries and cultures traditions it your problem 🙂
If i’m not mistaken ~~~this is the Penitential Procesión of the San Gonzalo Confrary in Sevilla, held every monday after Palm Sunday~~~ this is one of the over 70 Penitential Processions held this week in Sevilla, and of the Thousands held all across Spain and some other countries of Catholic heritage … for over 500 hundred years So ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with the KKK.
The similarty in the garbs is a curious sample of convergent Evolution at the social level. The penitential garb (tunic, hood to hide the identity, and the conic “capirote”) exists since at least the XV century, and comes in a number of varieties. The KKK garb started around 1920, and is attributed to the influence of the attire of the Knights in D.W. Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation”, which in turn was a “reimagination” of the armory of medieval Knigthly orders … How the actual KKK garb ended Up being very close to actual penitential attires is a mistery to me, given the radical anti Catholic stance of the XX century clansmen
Edited: I misidentified the Confrary, and i’m not even sure this is Sevilla, but has no bearing on the argument