Philippines LIVE: Filipino Catholics Reenact Crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday |San Fernando |N18G

Описание: LIVE: Philippines Observes Good Friday With Crucifixions and Whippings | Filipinos | Jesus | CNBC TV18
Penitents are nailed to the cross, re-enacting Jesus Christ’s suffering in a bloody Good Friday tradition. Many of the mostly impoverished penitents undergo the ritual to atone for their sins, pray for the sick or for a better life, and give thanks for miracles. The gruesome spectacle reflects the Philippines’ Catholicism, which merges church traditions with folk superstitions.
Catholic devotees in the Philippines re-enacting the last moments of Jesus Christ were nailed to wooden crosses while others whipped themselves bloody in extreme displays of religious devotion on Good Friday.
While most Filipinos went to church or spent the holiday with family, thousands gathered in villages around San Fernando city, north of the capital Manila, to watch men punish themselves in a bid to atone for their sins or seek miracles from God.
Dozens of bare-chested flagellants wearing black shrouds and crowns made of vines walked barefoot through dusty, narrow streets, rhythmically flogging their backs with strips of bamboo tied to ropes, their blood soaking the tops of their trousers and splattering onlookers.
In San Juan village, a short, wiry man with wild, white hair playing the role of Jesus Christ and two others were dragged by neighbours dressed as Roman centurions to a raised mound where wooden crosses lay on the ground.
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