Oh Shit, I Forgot to Mention Jesus!

Jesus is a big fucking deal during Semana Santa, as you'd probably expect since it's the week leading up to and including Easter. It became a family joke after visiting the Prado and seeing lots of religiously themed art that we were seeing a lot of the Sagrada Family (Mary and Jesus, and occasionally Joseph. But mostly Mary and Jesus).

So we saw some of the Sagrada Family in Madrid, but in Barcelona we pretty much got stalked by Jesus. He was everywhere. Especially on Good Friday. On Good Friday they have these massive processionals at night that last forever and include a series of large brightly covered floats that depict the various stages of Jesus dying (carrying the cross, on the cross, dead on Mary's lap, etc.). Also, the people who walk in front of the floats wear what can only be described as black KKK hoods and cloaks. While I'm sure that these guys had their outfits way before the KKK did, it's still a little unnerving to see these black hooded figures carrying around floats with a dead Jesus. When it wasn't creepy though, it was pretty.