Eight men and a woman were nailed to crosses while hundreds of barefoot men beat themselves with flails on Good Friday, in a blood-soaked display of religious fervour in the Philippines. Frowned upon ...

SHOTLIST: +WARNING: CONTAIN GRAPHIC IMAGES OF MOCK CRUCIFIXIONS+ SAN FERNANDO, PHILIPPINES, MAR 29, 2013, SOURCE: AFPTV - Men perform penance in the streets - CU of their bloody backs as they whip ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Barefoot and with their backs bloodied by repeated flogging, Catholic devotees in the Philippines defied a ban on gatherings on Good Friday to perform a ritual of self-flagellation ...

Large crowds—mostly youth—gathered at Rizal Park in Tayabas City in past years to celebrate Easter Sunday’s “Tayabasaan” with water sprays, music and festivities. - Tayabas CICRO Facebook via PDI/ANN ...