'Tais-Dupol' in Palo, Leyte stirs netizens

A tradition of penitence during the Holy Week in Palo, Leyte made the rounds in social media primarily because of the “capirote,” a Catholic pointed hat of conical form used in Spain and Hispanic countries by members of a confraternity of penitents.According to Monsignor Gilbert Urbina of the Archdiocese of Palo, the tradition is done only in the Holy Week, especially on Good Friday.The penitents are referred to as the "Tais-Dupol," an all-male religious group.

“Their long robes and covered faces evoke anonymity and humility in line with the injunction of the Lord for those doing fasting or penance ,” Urbina added.Further, Urbina said that the penance or mortification is made more intense in Palo due to the hot weather and the fact that the “tais-dupol” go barefoot.Msgr. Urbina laments, though, as to how netizens who are not from Palo associate the garb with the Ku Klux Klan which was active in southern USA in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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