The hooded Easter processions have nothing to do with the Ku Klux Klan

The traditional clothing of Holy Week penitents in Italy and Spain generates frequent misconceptions

With sambenito (tunic) and capirote (high hat in conical form), the clothing of penitents since the time of the Inquisition, faithful take to the streets this Holy Week in the town of Torrent, in Valencia, Spain. MORE INFORMATION: Pope Francis takes a bath of crowds when greeting faithful and religiousThe problem is that seeing the faithful with capirotes, some American tourists confused them with... members of the American white supremacist gro…

ANNOUNCEMENT “It is the Ku Klux Klan!” They say that some tourists are not familiar with Spanish Holy Week when they see penitents accompanying processions on the streets. The older brother of the Archconfraternity of Jesus of Medinaceli in Madrid, Miguel Ángel Izquierdo, explains to Euronews that this is a common comment every year: “You have to explain to them that it has nothing to do with anything. However, although the supremacist movement …