SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines - At
least 24 Filipinos were nailed to wooden crosses to re-enact Jesus
Christ's suffering in a local Good Friday rite rejected by Catholic
church leaders but witnessed by throngs of believers and thousands of
tourists.
Ruben Enaje, a
50-year-old sign painter, screamed in pain as villagers dressed as Roman
centurions hammered four-inch, stainless steel nails through his palm
and set him aloft on a cross under a brutal sun for a few minutes in San
Pedro Cutud village in Pampanga province as thousands watched.
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