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For two years, Filipinos had to celebrate the Holy Week - the most sacred of Catholic traditions - in isolation. Observing Lent at a time of a high number of Covid-19 cases was a painful detachment from everything that fuelled their faith.
Catholics in the Philippines observed Good Friday this year with traditional self-flagellation rituals known as penitensya ("penitence").
While most Catholics in the Philippines spend Good Friday at church or with family, others go to more extreme lengths to atone for their sins
Catholic zealots in the Philippines whipped their backs bloody and raw on Good Friday, as the fervently religious country marked Easter with gruesome displays of faith
Catholic zealots in the Philippines whipped their backs bloody and raw on Good Friday, as the fervently religious country marked Easter with gruesome displays of faith.