Hooded barefoot penitents perform self-flagellation to atone for their sins in San Fernando, Pampanga in northern Philippines. REUTERS/Erik De Castro : Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals
Hooded barefoot penitents perform self-flagellation to atone for their sins in San Fernando, Pampanga in northern Philippines. REUTERS/Erik De Castro : Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals
Hooded barefoot penitents perform self-flagellation to atone for their sins in San Fernando, Pampanga in northern Philippines. REUTERS/Erik De Castro : Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals
Hooded barefoot penitents perform self-flagellation to atone for their sins in San Fernando, Pampanga in northern Philippines. REUTERS/Erik De Castro : Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals
Hooded barefoot penitents perform self-flagellation to atone for their sins in San Fernando, Pampanga in northern Philippines. REUTERS/Erik De Castro : Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals
Hooded barefoot penitents perform self-flagellation to atone for their sins in San Fernando, Pampanga in northern Philippines. REUTERS/Erik De Castro : Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals
Filipino Catholics observe Lent with gory rituals
Hundreds of barefoot Filipinos marched on roads, carrying heavy wooden crosses and whipping their backs until they bled in an annual gory religious...