Participants dressed in costumes and wearing blackface, take part in the annual Epiphany eve parade of the Three Kings, in Alcoy, Spain January 5, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Manez
ALCOY, Spain/BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) - Anti-racism activists in Spain have called for a ban on the use of blackface seen in many of the country's traditional Epiphany celebrations.
Rita Bosaho, the first Black woman in Spain's parliament, said the practice - part of annual Jan. 5 parades on the eve of Epiphany that depict the biblical Three Kings who brought gifts to Jesus - tarnish the memory of enslaved people and disempower Black children.
