Branded as ‘gory’ by some onlookers, the tradition of real-life crucifixion in San Pedro Cutud involves penitents walking barefoot carrying their own wooden crosses on their backs for more than a kilometre
The real-life reenactments in the farming village of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province north of Manila resumed after a three-year pause because of the coronavirus pandemic.
At least 12 Filipinos are to be nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that is rejected by the Catholic church
The real-life reenactments in the farming village of San Pedro Cutud in Pampanga province north of Manila resumed after a three-year pause because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Eight Filipinos have been nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that is rejected by the Catholic church. The tradition draws huge crowds of devotees and tourists to the Philippines, an Asian bastion of Christianity. The real-life crucifixions in the rice-growing village of San Pedro Cutud resumed Friday after a three-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers said eight men participated, including 62-year-old sign painter Ruben Enaje, who was nailed to a wooden cross for the 34th time. Church leaders in the Philippines have frowned on the crucifixions, saying Filipinos can show their religious devotion by doing charity work instead.