Good Friday is commemorated in the Philippines with crucifixions and flagella

A group of Catholics in the Philippines celebrated Good Friday with crucifixions and flagellaas part of Holy Week rituals.

The majority of the population of this very religious country celebrated Good Friday by attending Mass, but others went to great lengths to atone for their sins in rituals disapproved of by the Church.

In the city of San Juan, north of the capital Manila, hundreds of locals and tourists attended a bloody reenactment of Jesus Christ’s last moments.

Dozens of men paraded with their faces covered as they beat themselves with bamboo branches.

The blood poured from their backs to wet their pants, even splashed into the crowd, details ep.

“I do it for my family so that they are healthysaid Daren Pascual, 31.

At the end of the parade, three people were escorted by men dressed as Romans and two of them were tied to wooden crosses.

Wilfredo Salvador, a thin old man, was crucified and both his hands and feet were nailed to a cross.while the audience took photos and videos and some drones flew over the scene.

After a few minutes he was taken down from the cross.

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“I do this because I want to. I thank (God) for giving me a second life”, said this 66-year-old man, who started participating in this celebration 15 years ago, after a mental breakdown.

This show is a tradition in the villages of the San Fernando region, but has been canceled for the past three years due to the covid-19 pandemic.