Philippines celebrates Good Friday with crucifixions, beatings
Catholics in the Philippines have marked Good Friday with ritual crucifixions and other blood-soaked reenactments of Jesus Christ's suffering. Thousands of tourists flock to witness the spectacle each year.
At least nine devotees were nailed to wooden crosses in the northern Philippines on Good Friday, as the Catholic country kicked off its Easter celebrations.
The annual festivities attract thousands of people but are frowned upon by the Catholic Church, which insists the crucifixion of Jesus Christ "need not be repeated."
Huge crowds traveled to San Pedro Cutud in the province of Pampanga to watch villagers dressed as Roman centurions pin worshippers to crosses using 8-centimeter (3-inch) spikes.
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