Holy Week in Spain is the annual tribute of the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods and fraternities that perform penance processions on the streets of almost every Spanish city and town during the Holy Week –the last week of Lent, immediately before Easter–.
Image: Semana Santa Alameda Principal
Image: Semana Santa en Bilbao 1
Image: Semana Santa Sevilla Macarena 4
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A capirote is a Catholic pointed hat of conical form that is used in Spain and Hispanic countries by members of a confraternity of penitents. It is part of the uniform of such brotherhoods including the Nazarenos and Fariseos during Easter observances and reenactments in some areas during Holy Week in Spain and its former colonies, though similar hoods are common in other Christian countries such as Italy. Capirote are worn by penitents so that attention is not drawn towards themselves as they repent, but instead to God.
Procession of the Reales Cofradías Fusionadas in Malaga
Brotherhood with green capirotes in Malaga
Brotherhood of Saint Rochus with velvet capirotes
Brotherhood with silk capirotes