Prayer of a different meaning during the Lenten season, when villagers of San Pedro, Cutud, engage in the act of self-flagellation. This ancient ritual is performed in the morning of Good Friday during the Holy Week. Backs, arms, and legs are cut and then struck with burillo whips. The climax to this occasion happens at midday, when penitents are literally nailed to their waiting crosses.
San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites (Wikipedia) The San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites is a Holy Week re-enactment of Christ’s Passion and Death which takes place in Barangay San Pedro Cutud, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.
YouTube - Cutud Lenten Rites Scenes of the flagellants at the San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites during Good Friday of Holy Week 2008. San Pedro is a Barangay of the City of San Fernando in the province of Pampanga, Philippines.
Cutud Lenten Rites of San Pedro, Pampanga Festival The San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites is a Holy Week re-enactment of Christ’s Passion and Death complete with a passion play culminating with the actual nailing of at least three flagellants to a wooden cross atop the makeshift Calvary.
Cutud Lenten Rites 2009 (Demotix.com) The San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites (also know as Maleldo) is the Holy Week re-enactment of the passion and death of Christ and takes place in an open field on the outskirts of San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines.
Lenten rites in Cutud a man's world The real-life crucifixion and flagellation rites in Barangay San Pedro Cutud in the City of San Fernando in Pampanga every Good Friday have largely remained a turf of the men.
Beginnings - Lenten Crucifixion Rites By Fung Yu A collection of panoramic photographies on the topic of Beginnings.
The re-enactment of Christ's crucifixion in Pampanga on Good Friday signified the beginning of the week-long Lenten season.
Here, Catholic faith is put into extremes by some of the locals by means of self-flagellations and actual nailings on the cross.
Cutud Lenten Rites Prayer of a different meaning during the Lenten season, when villagers of San Pedro, Cutud, engage in the act of self-flagellation. This ancient ritual is executed in the morning of Good Friday during the Holy Week. Backs, arms, and legs are cut and then struck with burillo beats. The climax to this occasion happens at midday, when penitents are literally nailed to their waiting crosses.
