Local flora. Cabo De Gata, Spain.
The pointed hat seen here during Spain's Easter celebrations was worn by clowns and jugglers who wanted to portray clumsiness or stupidity during medieval times. Because of this, pointed hats were used when vexing criminals. The criminals were forced to wear pointed hats and walk through the streets, while people threw rotten vegetables at them, spat on them, and insulted them. Later, during the celebration of the Holy Week/Easter in Mediterranean countries, "Penitentes" (people doing penitence for their sins) would walk through streets with pointed hats. It was a way of self-injury; however, they covered their faces so they wouldn't be recognized. The capirote is not to be confused with the pointed hood worn by the member of the Ku Klux Klan, and predates such hoods. Arcos de la Frontera, Andalucia, Spain, 2014
The traje de flamenco has undergone changes over the century or more that it has been in widespread use. For example, in the 1960s and '70s, the skirts got shorter, with skirts reaching only to the middle of the calf or even to the knee. Beginning in the 1970s, the hemlines dropped back to the ankle. Arcos de la Frontera, Andalucia, Spain, 2014
