Against the advice of the Catholic Church, Filipinos embark on a painful endeavour in a display of faith.
Every Good Friday several men are nailed to a cross in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to atone for sins or seek divine intercession.
Wilfredo Salvador stared at the sky and appeared to mumble a prayer after the slight 62-year-old with wild grey hair and a long beard became the first local zealot this year to hang from a wooden cross. He was treated and bandaged at a first aid tent after the village square ritual – then nonchalantly walked back home.
While many of the 80 million Filipino Catholics spend Good Friday at church or with family, others go to these extreme lengths to atone for sins or seek divine intervention in a spectacle that has become a major tourist attraction.
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