[Leica] Semana Santa (Holy Week)

[leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)]

Quoth the Lluis Ripoll Querol :

> Hi Jayanand,
> 
> I didn't know the reason, I think Nathan's explanation could be the 
> reason, all we are the same face to God, I agree with the inquisitor
> aspect of this old tradition, I should say in despite of many  
> opinions, that this is a quite folcklore tradition.

I was told two different things, and don't know which is true... some 
of both, possibly.

First, as Nathan said, we are all the same before God.

Second, that the penitentes are masked because their sin, and 
repentance, is a private matter between themselves and God, and 
nobody's business but their own.  I suspect also that there were 
cases, in history, where flagellants would become as much performers 
as penitents, which would defeat the purpose of the ritual.  So to 
avoid that, all the participants were anonymous.

It's an interesting tradition, in any event.

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