Penitent is nailed to a wooden cross during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday

epa04690712 A scene of the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in San Pedro Cutud village, San Fernando city, north of Manila, Philippines, 03 April 2015. Thousands of Catholic devotees trooped to a northern Philippine village where dozens of men were nailed to wooden crosses or flogged themselves bloody in annual rituals re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. At least 60,000 spectators witnessed the rituals held under the blistering sun in at least three villages in Pampanga province, 70 kilometres north of Manila, which are the highlight of Easter celebrations in Asia?s largest predominantly Catholic country. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO

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