Traditional costumes during holy week in spain?

Question

in spain there is a week during or before easter that is called HOLY WEEK and they have costumes that are the exact same style but different colors (ex: blue, purple, red, white,black).

If anyone knows why there is so many different colors to it please help

and are they symbolizeing somtething by the different colors

THANKS! ^_^

heres a few links to the different colored costumes and no they are not the kkk the kkk took their costumes and made it theirs.

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w33/deepred_photo/449319655_c65fc2c209.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w33/deepred_photo/452083958_ff8db51d91.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w33/deepred_photo/453244207_ba0db419a0.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w33/deepred_photo/454571692_4bc080d3d8.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w33/deepred_photo/454572108_b8579b511a.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w33/deepred_photo/457471818_c008b8d338.jpg

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w33/deepred_photo/470537305_433b71bac3.jpg

Answer 1

Every different colour or costume represents a different association or group. Every city in Spain has a number of different associations that prepare the "holy week" and each associtation has its own costume. A man that belongs to one of these associations must be buried with this costume when he dies.