The 'Sanch' procession has a pagan character with only a thin veneer of CatholicismYeah, this is weird. Who knew that French Satanists dress just like the Ku Klux Klan? But what the hell, we Americans have also borrowed French toast and French kissing. And what's with the vaseline ring on the camera lens? I guess that's the supernatural aura. I wish they would have just stayed with the whipping. That I can pretty much understand.
The Procession de la Sanch (Processó de la Sanch in Catalan) is an annual ceremony in several towns in the French Catalonia. It is held during Holy Week on Good Friday ('Vendredi Saint'/'Divendres Sant'). Historically, a distinctive peaked, masked robe (the capirote) was used to protect the identity of prisoners (from revenge by those wronged) being led to their town's annual execution. This practical ceremony intermingled with Christian traditions of Good Friday, and today a long procession of black-robed people are led in silence by the red-robed regidor to the solemn tapping of a tambour, as part of the Good Friday celebrations.
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