Touristas can bring home a memory of Cutud in the form of a flail.
Rice being cooked in oversized cauldrons. Food and beverage products rake in enormous profits as thousands of tourists come to watch the spectacle of faith.
Flagellants whip their back as a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Cutud town in Pampanga province, north of Manila
A boy looks at his father's wounds after his father made him whip his back as a ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Cutud town in Pampanga province, north of Manila
A flagellant cleans his wounds after whipping his back as a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Cutud town in Pampanga province, north of Manila
A penitent to be nailed on a cross acts out his part in front of the tourists and media as part of a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday
Bystanders watch as a flagellants seemingly got lost and made their way accidentally into the crowd
A penitent to be nailed on a cross shows scars from previous crucifixions he has taken part in as a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday
A penitent cries he is brought up to be presented to the audience after being nailed on a wooden cross in a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Cutud town in Pampanga province, north of Manila
A penitent cries he is brought up to be presented to the audience after being nailed on a wooden cross in a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Cutud town in Pampanga province, north of Manila
A penitent is displayed to the audience after being nailed on a wooden cross in a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Cutud town in Pampanga province, north of Manila
A penitent cries as nails are removed from his palms after being nailed on a wooden cross in a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Cutud town in Pampanga province, north of Manila
A penitent cries as he shows off wounds on his palm after being nailed on a wooden cross in a voluntary ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Cutud town in Pampanga province, north of Manila. Numerous penitents were nailed to a cross on Good Friday in the most extreme display of religious devotion in the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic country.