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by Tracy Vanity
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Also known as “Holy Week” this Catholic festival takes place before Easter every year in parts of Spain and Latin America.
If you have watched “American Horror Story: Coven” the creepy pointed hoods in the intro will be familiar:
Referred to as capirotes, these cloaks are used by Nazarenos which are chosen penitents of a sacred Catholic brotherhood. The color of their vestments and the sigil they wear depends on which brotherhood they belong to.
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The Semana Santa procession is grand to say the least, with thousands of people gathering around the churches, holding up elaborate religious floats, Jesus on a cross, and an army of pointed hooded figures holding candles and scepters…it’s like a scene from some medieval Illuminati movie or Holy Mountain.
by Josef Koudelka Jose Ortiz Echague, 1940
This year Semana Santa takes place April 13-20.
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