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- A capirote is a Christian pointed hat of conical form that is used in Spain and Hispanic countries by members of a confraternity of penitents, particularly...
- cap made of paper and called a capirote was prescribed for sinners and penitents during the Spanish Inquisition. Capirote Fool's cap Sanbenito Tin foil...
- in public, beaters (battenti) cover their faces with capiroti (singular capirote) in order not to draw attention to themselves as they repent, but to God;...
- tunic became known as a sambenito; a conical cap, denominated coroza (and capirote), of the same material and motifs as the corresponding sambenito, would...
- or Saint Nicholas) is Costa Rica's version of Santa Claus. Spain portal Capirote Running of the Bulls La Tomatina "Spanish village holds baby jump". BBC...
- confraternities for processions (e.g., the Semana Santa of Sevilla, who wore the Capirote). Pointed hats are still worn in the rural Louisiana Mardi Gras celebrations...
- Saint'/'Divendres Sant'). Historically, a distinctive peaked, masked robe (the capirote) was used to protect the identity of prisoners (from revenge by those wronged)...
- ****ailant did not have bunny ears on his head, but was wearing a white capirote of some sort. They both remembered seeing his face clearly, but in the...
- the faces of the members are covered by elaborate hoods, such as the capirote, as a way of hiding one's identity in order to not ostentatiously draw...
- the hood are uncertain; it may have been appropriated from the Spanish capirote hood, or it may be traced to the uniform of Southern Mardi Gras celebrations...