[Leica] IMG: Semana Santa in Seville, 14 years ago

[Nathan Wajsman]

Thanks, Jayanand. Given that the conical hat (called capirote in Spanish) has been used since the 15th century, the KKK copied the design and not vice versa.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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> On 31 Mar 2018, at 05:15, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> This one for me. Is it coincidence that the marchers are dressed like the
> Ku Klux Klan, or did the latter model their costumes on what must have
> started as medieval  bigotry?
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> http://www.frozenlight.eu/fotosevilla/semanasanta/content/L2004_20_3_large.html
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
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> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
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>> Recycling an old gallery on this Good Friday:
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>> http://www.frozenlight.eu/fotosevilla/semanasanta/content/index.html
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>> I was working part-time in Seville during 2003-2004 (while living in the
>> Netherlands) and had the good fortune to be in town during Easter 2004.
>> Every Spanish city has processions during the Holy Week, and I have been
>> out and about in Alicante a couple of times this week, but by general
>> consensus, the biggest and most profound processions are those in Seville.
>> I just saw a reportage from last night on the morning news, which inspired
>> me to share with the group once again my photos from 2004.
>> 
>> Those were my pre-digital days, and most of the images were made with
>> Leica CL and 40mm lenses, the B&W using Ilford Delta 3200 mostly, and the
>> colour ones on Fuji Provia 100F and perhaps some Ektachrome 100 also.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
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