Semana Santa Costumes and Floats - Internet Pictures

Nazarenos are what the people dressed in costumes durring Holy Week are called.  It is a mystery why these costumes that are used in Semana Santa celebrations are designed as they are.  But their purpose is to cover their faces because they are in mourning, and it is also a sign of shame for the sins that they have committed throughout the year.  In some large parades in Spain participants go to extremes by wounding themselves throughout the procession to make up for their sins.  I did not see any of this thankfully, that would be scary. 

**There is no known connection to why the Klu Klux Klan have similar costumes**

These are some pictures I got from the internet of different colours of costumes, floats, and the women who participate in Semana Santa.