Men in black masked robes carry an ornate coffin past a church, while a crowd looks on.
A non-Catholic American looking at this would be startled because the garments the cortege wears looks like Black Ku Klux Klan robes. Such garments are not original or unique to America. I am aware of certain Catholic orders in Spain that wear similar garments, although theirs are bright red. There are undoubtedly other groups that use similar garb.
Nonetheless, this must have been puzzling to people where the Klan held sway.
A non-Catholic American looking at this would be startled because the garments the cortege wears looks like Black Ku Klux Klan robes. Such garments are not original or unique to America. I am aware of certain Catholic orders in Spain that wear similar garments, although theirs are bright red. There are undoubtedly other groups that use similar garb.
Nonetheless, this must have been puzzling to people where the Klan held sway.
