EXPLAINER: Why are the hats from Spain’s Semana Santa processions conical and are they linked to the KKK?

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• – The conical hats, known as capirotes, originated in the Andalusia region of Spain as a way to protect the faces of participants in Semana Santa processions from the sun. They are not linked to the KKK, which is a white supremacist organization in the United States.