Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My intention was to do no offense to nobody on religion maters, I'm sorry if this was the interpretation. Thanks for looking the pictures and thanks for your opinion Saludos cordiales Lluis El 05/04/2010, a las 22:56, R. Clayton McKee escribi?: > > > 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. > > -- > > > R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com > Photojournalist rcmckee at rcmckee.com > P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 > Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information