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Origins of Turban
1.       AlphaF
5677 posts
 28 Feb 2008 Thu 03:31 am

HISTORY OF A NATION?
My research on the history of "burka" has taken me into strange realms...
http://www.kkklan.com/annexone.htm
I think the whole thing may have been started in USA, possibly by the Teapot Clan.

Distant cousins of the Teapot Clan now live in Germany and keep Clan traditions alight !

2.       longinotti1
1090 posts
 28 Feb 2008 Thu 04:09 am

Quoting AlphaF:

HISTORY OF A NATION?
My research on the history of "burka" has taken me into strange realms...
http://www.kkklan.com/annexone.htm
I think the whole thing may have been started in USA, possibly by the Teapot Clan.

Distant cousins of the Teapot Clan now live in Germany and keep Clan traditions alight !



Hey AlphaF, this is your second Klan thread in as many days, some sort of "KLAN ENVY" going on?

But Hey, OK its USA's fault, all along, Ataturk had to put things right.

3.       alameda
3499 posts
 28 Feb 2008 Thu 04:41 am

Quoting AlphaF:

HISTORY OF A NATION?
My research on the history of "burka" has taken me into strange realms...
http://www.kkklan.com/annexone.htm
I think the whole thing may have been started in USA, possibly by the Teapot Clan.

Distant cousins of the Teapot Clan now live in Germany and keep Clan traditions alight !



Semana Santa in Spain

They say there is no relation, but there sure is a similarity.

Why the Ku Klux Klan Hats?

Processions of Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Valencia, SpainIf someone who doesn't know anything about the Semana Santa in Spain sees this picture, there is only one reaction to be expected: "Ku Klux Klan??"

It is a very unfortunate confusion of the imagery. Some people are interested in how the KKK came to use these costumes, so we decided to write a word on that.

It appears that there is no connection whatsoever. The KKK were not in any way affiliated to the Nazareno tradition of Roman Catholic, which has used this costume for many centuries. The costume itself does not carry any message.

They chose it simply for the visual effect. Apart from having a Christian connotation and white colour symbolising white race, the costume makes a ghost-like figure and provides disguise, which is exactly how the KKK wanted to appear. It is possible that some of the more imaginative and intellectual members of the Klan (without pointing fingers), familiar with Easter celebrations in Spain, were inspired by the image this costume would create and suggested it to the Klan's more moronic members.

The origins of the pointed hat in Spanish tradition are unknown, but the face is covered as a sign of mourning for the death of Christ.

On Easter Sunday the hats are taken off in the jubilation for the resurrection of Jesu

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