Modern Times
The Spitzhut is a traditional kind of headgear in Bavaria. The Ku Klux Klan made the pointed hat a part of their tradition in the 1920's.
Pointed hoods were used by various secret orders and Catholic lay confraternities for processions, e.g. the Semana Santa of Sevilla who wore the Capirote. These were later adopted by the Ku Klux Klan.
The term Pointed Hat was used as a derogatory term towards the Pope and the Papal Tiara. The term has lost its notoriety after the Vatican II discontinued the tradition of wearing the papal tiara.
Pointed hats are still worn in the rural Louisiana Mardi Gras celebrations by the Cajuns, the Courir de Mardi Gras, where they are known as capuchons.
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