American basketball star Trent Lockett confused Ku Klux Klan for Easter religious festival in Spain
AMERICAN basketball star Trent Lockett was left stunned when he stumbled across what he thought was a massive Ku Klux Klan gathering – only to discover it was a religious festival instead.
Lockett is enjoying his first year playing professionally in Spain for Betis Energy Plus after missing out in the NBA draft.
Trent Lockett was left stunned when he first stumbled across the religious festival in SpainSnapchatLockett admits to being puzzled at the sight of the uniformsSnapchat
But the former college ball star was in for a shock as he took a stroll in Sevilla over the weekend and encountered scores of people marching wearing white cone hats and uniforms.
The outfits are infamously linked to the notorious cult organisation in America that promotes white supremacy and has a history of racist killings.
American basketball star Trent Lockett thought he had stumbled across a Ku Klux Klan rallyGetty Images
But the 26-year-old from Minnesota was relieved to discover he was actually seeing the Semana Santa procession in the Spanish city marking the start of their Easter celebrations.
Every year the Nazarenes parade through the streets of Sevilla as they mark the religious dates surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus.
They dress in robes and capes, and their pointed hats look almost identical to the headgear worn by members of the KKK.
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Lockett explains the history of the Semana Santa processionSnapchatThe Nazarenes uniform is often confused with the KKK outfit in AmericaGetty Images
But in fact they are cone-shaped and pointed to symbolise the rising towards the heavens.
Lockett posted three pictures to his Snapchat channel, the first looking stunned as he got his initial glimpse of the outfit.
Then he wrote: “Not what I’m conditioned to be cool with just walking down the street like this.
“One of the craziest things I can imagine seeing. Has zero to do with the KKK though. Traditions back to hundreds of years before the KKK even came to be.
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