WARNING: VIDEO CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES Catholics in the Philippines whip themselves and carry wooden crosses as they re-enact the last day of Jesus Christ, a practice during Lent that has been met with disapproval by the Catholic Church. In the small town of Mabalacat, 50 miles north of Manila, these men walk bare-feet whilst carrying the huge wooden crosses on their backs, inflict wounds on each other's' backs with a blade, and whip their backs by the side of the road. The act of self-flagellation signi
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