Re-enacting Good Friday’s events

SAN FERNANDO: Several Filipino devotees were nailed to crosses in a gory re-enactment of a Good Friday ritual, which one of the men dedicated to the victims of the deadly bombings of two churches in Egypt.

Ruben Enaje (EH’-nah-heh), who has been re-enacting Jesus Christ’s suffering and death for the past 31 years, said he always prays for the health of his family during the ritual. But this time he added the victims of the Egyptian attacks, which killed 45 people on Palm Sunday.

The spectacle reflects the Philippines’ unique brand of Catholicism, which merges church traditions with folk superstitions. The Lenten rituals are frowned upon by church leaders. – AP