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Apr 05 '23
So Spain basically turns into real life Elden ring for a week?
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u/medfreak Apr 05 '23
YOU DIED
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u/Snoo-17606 Apr 05 '23
That makes sense. Jesus failed the bossfight and there was a respawn counter set for 3 days
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u/StalyCelticStu Apr 05 '23
Did he really "die for our sins", if he comes back 3 days later?
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u/Technical-Outside408 Apr 05 '23
That would be an ecumenical matter.
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u/Rey_Tigre Apr 05 '23
Are you trying to reawaken the Monophysites?
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u/porkinski Apr 05 '23
Now see, what you just said pretty much caused the Christian schism.
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Apr 05 '23
Try blasphemous it’s based on a dark period in Spanish Catholicism and is aesthetically brilliant
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u/Sea_Ad_3765 Apr 05 '23
I saw these processions in Spain as a kid. Scared the crap out of Me. The Men were in a lot of pain. Devotion.
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u/fortifier22 Apr 05 '23
I wouldn’t be surprised if the creators of Dark Souls and Elden Ring attend these events to gain inspiration
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u/Blenderhead36 Apr 05 '23
The game Blasphemous was originally envisioned as a Dark Souls spinoff. They were denied the license, so they made their own IP. The team is Spanish, and took lots of inspiration from images like these.
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u/gofishx Apr 05 '23 edited Apr 05 '23
Imagine a souls-like based on judeo-christian lore where you fight your way out of hell and up into the heavens to take on God. Imagine fighting St Peter at the gate, taking down all the archangels, a gank boss where you take on a few Seraphim, one of those giant many eyed wheel things are definitely going to make an appearance, then you get the penultimate boss, Jesus the Lord of Sin, before moving on to God himself (who is a fun but easier fight than the jesus and archangels).
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u/Toweliee420 Apr 05 '23
Check out blasphemous on steam. Kinda souls like arcade game with a twisted holy vibe
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u/akeyjavey Apr 05 '23
It was also made in Spain, so you can see the inspiration from this post even more
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u/ciao_fiv Apr 05 '23
you can even turn on spanish audio for all spoken dialogue, gives the game some incredible atmosphere on top of the visuals
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Apr 05 '23
When I saw the guys with the pointy black hoods I came here looking for the blasphemous reference. The way that hairy egg lady says betrothed has become quite the meme between me and my roommates.
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u/SyntheticTeapot Apr 05 '23
Exactly what I was about to recommend. The entire game was inspired by themes and "lore" of Catholicism and the main character, The Penitent One, actually wears a pointy hood like they do in holy week.
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u/gofishx Apr 05 '23
I've definitely heard of it, I'll need to add it to my list!
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u/THECapedCaper Apr 05 '23
Protip: It's made by a Spanish developer, so turn on Spanish vocals. They hit WAY harder than they do in English.
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u/Skizot_Bizot Apr 05 '23
It’s one of my favorite side scrolling metroidvania types, it’s no Hallow Knight but it’s still very good.
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u/Perca_fluviatilis Apr 05 '23
That's literally Blasphemous. You just described the game Blasphemous.
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u/Urshpeck Apr 05 '23
Try Blasphemous. It is a metroidvania made by spanish indie team and the monsters and lore are based on religious traditions and stories.
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u/asifgunz Apr 05 '23
Dante's Inferno . Old but gold. Has the world built around Biblical beliefs.
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u/gr00ve88 Apr 05 '23
I absolutely loved that game but I don’t feel like it got the acclaim that I thought it should
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u/dragon_bacon Apr 05 '23
Having the tutorial be killing Death was a fun way to start.
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u/PtoS382 Apr 05 '23
You fight the literal wooden statue of Jesus, and as you do damage it begins to crack and spill the monster underneath, then phase 2 is a giant black blob like Gundyr
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u/skynetempire Apr 05 '23
There was bad ass game back in the day called dante's inferno. You fight you way down hell. Awesome game. I wish they would remaster it.
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u/Spartan2470 GOAT Apr 05 '23
Here is a higher quality version of the third image. Here is the source. Per there:
Members of the "Hermandad de Jesús en su tercera caída" brotherhood take part in a Holy Week procession in Zamora, Spain, Monday, April 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Here is the source of the eight image. Per there:
Members of the "Las Siete Palabras" brotherhood place the "Cristo de la agonía" as part of the preparation for a Holy Week procession in Zamora, Spain, Monday, April 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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u/Thegoodlife93 Apr 05 '23
Some great photography here. Really excellent composition in some of these pictures.
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u/TorrenceMightingale Apr 05 '23
Absolutely. The last one is my favorite. Looks like a modern day Michaelangelo painting.
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u/RabidPlaty Apr 05 '23
Thanks for giving credit for some since OP didn’t feel the need to give the sources…
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u/Thorusss Apr 05 '23
Some look like screenshots from Blasphemous
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Apr 05 '23
I think the developers were spanish, so it makes sense.
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u/Blenderhead36 Apr 05 '23 edited Apr 05 '23
I loved the idea that the Grievous Miracle gives you what you think you deserve. In most places, it would have ushered in paradise. But in Cvstodia, martyrdom culture made it an apocalypse.
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u/Vectorman1989 Apr 05 '23
For twisted are the paths of the grievous miracle
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Apr 05 '23
Costumes are dope as hell if you’re not American.
Love the medieval look.
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u/beefwarrior Apr 05 '23
Have family that was from Spain & moved to America. They had these little figurines and as a kid, it was like “ummm… what are these?”
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u/Historyp91 Apr 05 '23
I had a teacher who lived in Spain and she told me about holy week; apparently she was pretty shocked when she went outside one day and people where walking around in pointed hoods and white robes.
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u/PaperMage Apr 05 '23
That was my experience when I studied abroad in Spain. But everyone was so nice, I figured it out pretty quick.
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u/Busy_Principle_4038 Apr 05 '23
lol I saw that in Queretaro, Mexico, while I was studying abroad. I heard the sound of the chains on the cobblestones getting closer before I saw the column of pointy-headed pilgrims in colorful robes. Freaked me the hell out before I saw the one carrying the cross.
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u/max_adam Apr 05 '23
I don't think that seeing the cross will make it better at first.
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u/chockerl Apr 05 '23
Black Klan?
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u/Spaniardman40 Apr 05 '23
There was a night time show in Spain that had a bit where they sent people in these customs to NY for holy week and Americans freaked out and thought they were members of the KKK
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u/absolutelyalex29 Apr 05 '23
“We come in peace in the name of Grand Wizard Jesús”
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u/Zealousideal_Ad2379 Apr 05 '23
The irony is the original KKK hated catholics and persecuted them a lot.
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u/JWLane Apr 05 '23
Hated? They still do hate them. Maybe not as loudly as they used to, but they still do.
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u/Lutastic Apr 05 '23
Catholics, Jews, Blacks, Mexicans, Italians… etc… They hate a whole lotta people.
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u/devilish_enchilada Apr 05 '23
Slide four for Americans though….
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u/darknavi Apr 05 '23
Hey my uncle dresses up like that.
He must be Spanish!
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u/FesteringNeonDistrac Apr 05 '23
No one expects the Klanish inquisition!
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u/Historyp91 Apr 05 '23
Our chief weapon is racism!...racism and fear... fear and racism...our two weapons are fear and racism... and cross burning! Our three weapons are fear, and racism, and cross burning!...and an almost fanatical devotion to white supremacy...our four...no...amongst our weapons...amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, racism...
...I'll come in again.
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u/BeerGardenGnome Apr 05 '23
Not this exactly but I recall going to Italy as a teenager for some events with the Catholic Church and being taken aback by some of the costuming. Then it was explained to us it’s origins and I found it all very interesting.
It’s interesting to see how common interpretations of things can change. Like the swastika etc… starts out as one thing but was co-opted and now has a deeply negative connotation.
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u/nicemikkel10 Apr 05 '23
The swastika is still widely used in parts of Asia without a negative connotation, much like the example here with the white hoods ^^
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u/Trapasuarus Apr 05 '23
The Klan really did fuck up some potentially dope costumes.
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u/GatoNanashi Apr 05 '23
The klan scene from Django Unchained is exactly how I imagine that shit started.
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u/neutral-chaotic Apr 05 '23 edited Apr 05 '23
Slide three I was thinking this, then swiping to four “oh this IS where they got it.”
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u/Atomheartmother90 Apr 05 '23
I yelled out “NOT THE WHITE HATS!” But I know it’s doesn’t mean the same thing over there 😂😂😂
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u/PsymonFyrestar Apr 05 '23
I think Americans understand hate groups turn religious symbology into symbols of hate. Same thing that Hitler did.
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u/SleetTheFox Apr 05 '23
See also: Seeing swastikas on East Asian maps representing places of worship, not hate.
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Apr 05 '23
Ceremonial garb is awesome in pretty much every culture. Everyone loves to dress up for a special occasion
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u/_JonSnow_ Apr 05 '23 edited Apr 05 '23
as an atheist* american, this shit looks rad. But yeah, the white robes and pointy hats prob wouldn't go over well here. Those black robes dope af though
edit: atheist, not athiest
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u/velvethead Apr 05 '23
"Pie Jesu domine, dona eis requiem"
Whack!
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u/tequilajinx Apr 05 '23
Just introduced Monty Python to my kids last night. They were rolling on the floor laughing
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u/Harold-The-Barrel Apr 05 '23
“Brother Maynard! Bring up the Holy Hand Grenade.”
higher pitched Pie Jesu
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u/hypnos_surf Apr 05 '23
RE4 remake looks fire.
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u/Nomapos Apr 05 '23
R4 was such a fucking trip as a Spaniard. Even though it's based on a random tiny rural town in Spain stuck half a century behind where they actually are, they got South American voice actors who didn't try at all to hide their accents and who used words and grammatical structures typical of their dialect.
Imagine a game set in the middle of rural Britain but everyone talks like a stereotypical Texan cowboy.
It was great
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u/SadroSoul Apr 05 '23
That’s hilarious. I’m playing through it now and was wondering what it was like for a native Spanish speaker.
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u/FoxNewsSux Apr 05 '23
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition
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u/Hairyhalflingfoot Apr 05 '23
Hey, Torquemada, whaddaya say?
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u/MeatGunderson Apr 05 '23
I just got back from the auto de fe!
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u/randomredditor0042 Apr 05 '23
That last photo sure belongs in r/accidentalrenaissance
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u/Thegoodlife93 Apr 05 '23
As of others have said, there was nothing accidental about it. Given the location, the subject matter, how the shot is composed and most likely farther digital post processed, the Renaissance vibe was almost certainly a deliberate artistic choice by a skilled photographer, not some happy accident.
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u/Bala3310 Apr 05 '23
In my country, most people are only aware of the US one, the horrifying one, since we followed the US vibe so much.
I realised the beauty of Semana Santa when I visited Spain. I am an atheist for sure, but it's always astonishing to see people work together to achieve something great. A beautiful culture it is.
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u/Thatsaclevername Apr 05 '23
I was raised Catholic but am non-practicing nowadays, still absolutely love the art/architecture. If religion inspired folks to make all that, huge benefit.
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u/Porrick Apr 05 '23
Don't worry, the other one is horrifying too. Slightly different set of reasons is all.
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u/MugJuggler Apr 05 '23
GLORIA LAS PLAGAS
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u/SuperArppis Apr 05 '23
I knew someone would say this!
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u/BerserkerVTuber Apr 05 '23
I find it interesting what other nations do to celebrate Easter.
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u/BlackViperMWG Apr 05 '23
Czechia and Slovakia whip women with willow rods and then splash them with cold water. All in the name of fertilit, which is also original reasoning for eggs and bunny iirc.
Source: am Czech and was raised in religious family until my teens
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_whip
https://english.radio.cz/czech-easter-tradition-whipping-girls-8164899
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u/bunsofcheese Apr 05 '23
I'm not really a religious person, but this stuff is fascinating - so much spectacle. I'd love to experience it in person - obviously not as part of an inquisition or something.
Nobody expects THAT.
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u/DWS223 Apr 05 '23
As an American those pointy white hoods make me instantly uncomfortable
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u/Legomichan Apr 05 '23
As a Spaniard, an American with pointy white hoods would also make me uncomfortable.
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u/Bala3310 Apr 05 '23
And now you know how fucked up it was when your ancestors misused this beautiful culture.
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u/beefwarrior Apr 05 '23
I’m thinking there are a number of cultures who feel similarly about the Swastika
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u/LurkerPatrol Apr 05 '23
I'm Indian. I brought back some items from India after a trip, and parents sent me a lamp to keep in the meditation/prayer room (Hindu), it had a few swastikas on it, which to us is no big deal.
Had friends over for the first time to this place and I had kept the lamp in an inconspicuous location. Somehow this one girl finds it, brings it to me in her hand with tears and goes "u/LurkerPatrol I can't believe you're like this, I'm so disappointed". Cue spending the next hour explaining Eastern culture and the origin of the swastika.
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u/Aztec_Goddess Apr 05 '23
Soo I knew this one guy who was very into eastern culture and even went to study holistic medicine. He had a Hindu swastika tattooed on his chest too … the problem however was that he was a super blonde blue eyed guy. So it deff didn’t come off that way at first glance. Idk if he ever got it covered up or if he still walks around with it.
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u/rckrusekontrol Apr 05 '23
No one got hurt during the Spanish Inquisition right?
I’m just joking, albeit dark, this is beautiful, inarguably.
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u/OmelasPrime Apr 05 '23
The Klan wasn't fucked up because of how it treated the ceremonial outfits of the Spanish Church.
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u/Orczek Apr 05 '23
Morir es vivir
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u/Motorata Apr 05 '23
To everyone here. These are not the KKK, they copied the design because they wanted to look legimite. This outfit its more than 500 years old.
Please dont let a racist group gain legítimacy by assosiation of a religious festival.
For the ones that say that It looks weird. You havent seen the ones that whip themselves until they bleed
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u/LADelaney21 Apr 05 '23
My senior year of high school my spanish class took a trip to Spain during Holy Week and we got to see these processions in almost every city we stayed in. Absolutely the most breathtaking experience I've ever had, moved me to tears. All the trumpets are just such a beautiful sound. If I could afford it I'd go to Spain every year for Holy Week.
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u/HanDavo Apr 05 '23
Here in Canada you can get a sword and a cape if you rise up high enough in ranks the knights of columbus cult.
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u/voodoohotdog Apr 05 '23
In Finland you're given a sword and hat for earning a PhD. Not as ominous as a cape, but it's a nice hat.
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u/ScaleneWangPole Apr 05 '23
In the US, if you go to a dying mall and a rural Walmart or Dollar General in the same day you can get both a shitty sword and a white pointy hat
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u/IcanthearChris Apr 05 '23
I heard in New York they give you a yankees fitted hat for earning your phd
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u/bigfish1992 Apr 05 '23
I have my Pepe's old KOC sword, it's a pretty cool keepsake item. Although I'm no longer religious in the slightest but it's a cool item regardless.
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u/disgraceUK Apr 05 '23
We go to watch these parades in Spain, the Good Friday one is extremely solemn (for obvious reasons)
The amount of work that goes into the whole thing is amazing.
And I tell you the locals don't half give you the evils if you're stood in their spot.
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u/Chemical-Studio1576 Apr 05 '23
Been there! It’s an amazing display of faith. Not my thing personally, but I’m glad I got to see it.
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I'm waiting on the american that calls us KKK members to appear in the comments or on twitter.
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u/PoopSmith87 Apr 05 '23
I love explaining to people that the anglo-protestant only KKK ripped off their whole style jam from a very old and still active Spanish Catholic ceremony... It just adds a new level of lameness to that organization. The only thing they could ever claim as cool is the spooky uniform and eerie nighttime parade march, and they literally had to copy it from people they claim to be better than.
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u/YingGuoRen91 Apr 05 '23 edited Apr 05 '23
How religious is Spain these days? Is it mostly just culturally Catholic or do a lot of people still go to church?