Philippines marks Easter with annual ritual crucifixions, faithful self-flagellate in the streets

Christian devotees have been nailed to crosses in the Philippines, as Asia's Catholic heartland marked Easter with its annual extreme display of faith.

The gory crucifixions took place in dusty fields throughout Friday with thousands of spectators looking on, as others flogged themselves bloody with whips.

Ritual crucifixions are among the Catholic world's most extreme forms of worship and are done as part of Good Friday celebrations in some small villages in the Philippines, home to more than 80 million Catholics.

The nails go through both hands and both feet, but do not bear the weight of the penitents, who spend only a few minutes on the cross before being taken down and having their bloody wounds treated.

Men dressed as soldiers of the Roman Empire hammered large metal spikes through the hands and feet of Willy Salvador, who grimaced in silence as he lay with his arms spread atop a wooden cross.

"This is my personal way of thanking Him [God] for healing me," the 59-year-old fisherman told the AFP news agency, before being dragged barefoot through the streets of San Juan village.

"God helped me recover from a nervous breakdown," said Mr Salvador, who added he had been doing it every year since 2006.

Gory tourist attraction

After Mr Salvador, it was the turn of street vendor Alex Daranang, whose 20th crucifixion fell on the eve of his 60th birthday.

"The wounds heal fast β€” in two days they are practically healed," the gap-toothed grandfather said.

The act is frowned upon by the church, but has become a major tourist attraction.

Several thousand sightseers, including more than a dozen Western tourists, descended on the nearby village of San Pedro to witness the crucifixions and other forms of piety.

Around a knoll where three tall wooden crosses awaited the San Pedro devotees, vendors sold souvenir shirts, hats, soft drinks and food.

A giant television screen displayed the macabre events to the rest of the crowd.

On the pavements of the village streets, hundreds of shoeless men, their faces shrouded in black cloths, shuffled in slow processions as they lashed their own backs with whips tipped with bamboo strips.

The men stopped in unison occasionally to lie face down on the pavement, handing over the whips to assistants who administered more punishment.

Self-flagellations 'part of culture'

The extreme practices serve as an alternative to acts of Good Friday penance prescribed by the church, such as abstaining from work or from eating meat.

San Juan village chief Claro Tolentino said crucifixions and self-flagellations were part of the culture of the country, which converted to Catholicism during the 16th century Spanish colonial conquest.

"This is the culture that we were born into. Everyone should respect the culture and beliefs of our people," he added.

Father Douglas Badong, rector of the Quiapo Catholic Church in central Manila, said the church does not condone the practices.

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ЀиллипинскиС ΠΏΠ°ΡΡ…Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Π΅ распятия

РСвностныС ΠΊΠ°Ρ‚ΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΊΠΈ Π² азиатских Π³Π»ΡƒΠ±ΠΈΠ½ΠΊΠ°Ρ… Π€ΠΈΠ»Π»ΠΈΠΏΠΈΠ½ Π΅ΠΆΠ΅Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΡ‚ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‡Π°ΡŽΡ‚ ΠΏΡ€Π°Π·Π΄Π½ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠŸΠ°ΡΡ…ΠΈ ΡΠΊΡΡ‚Ρ€Π΅ΠΌΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹ΠΌ проявлСниСм своСй Π²Π΅Ρ€Ρ‹ – ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ±ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡŽΡ‚ сСбя ΠΊ крСстам. ΠšΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Π²Ρ‹Π΅ распятия ΡƒΡΡ‚Π°Π½Π°Π²Π»ΠΈΠ²Π°ΡŽΡ‚ΡΡ Π½Π° ΠΏΡ‹Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Ρ… полях всю пятницу, привлСкая тысячи Π·Ρ€ΠΈΡ‚Π΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ, ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΎΠ²Ρ€Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎ Π½Π°Π±Π»ΡŽΠ΄Π°ΡŽΡ‰ΠΈΡ… ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π΄Ρ€ΡƒΠ³ΠΈΠ΅ Π±ΠΈΡ‡ΡƒΡŽΡ‚ сСбя Π΄ΠΎ ΠΊΡ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΈ.

Π’Π°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ Ρ€ΠΈΡ‚ΡƒΠ°Π» распятия, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ самая обострСнная Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΠ° покаяния ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅Ρ€ΡˆΠ°Π΅Ρ‚ΡΡ Π² дСнь Бтрастной ΠŸΡΡ‚Π½ΠΈΡ†Ρ‹ Π² Π½Π΅ΠΊΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ‹Ρ… Π½Π΅Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡŒΡˆΠΈΡ… дСрСвнях , Π³Π΄Π΅ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ‚ Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ 80 ΠΌΠΈΠ»Π»ΠΈΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠ² ΠΊΠ°Ρ‚ΠΎΠ»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ².

ΠŸΡ€ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡ‚Ρ‹Π΅ гвоздями ΠΎΠ±Π΅ Ρ€ΡƒΠΊΠΈ ΠΈ Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΈ Π½Π΅ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡƒΡ‚ Π΄ΠΎΠ»Π³ΠΎ Π²Ρ‹Π΄Π΅Ρ€ΠΆΠ°Ρ‚ΡŒ вСс ΠΊΠ°ΡŽΡ‰Π΅Π³ΠΎΡΡ, ΠΈ Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡŽΡ‚ Ρ‡Π΅Ρ€Π΅Π· нСсколько ΠΌΠΈΠ½ΡƒΡ‚ для залСчивания ΠΊΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Π²Ρ‹Ρ… Ρ€Π°Π½.

ΠœΡƒΠΆΡ‡ΠΈΠ½Ρ‹, наряТСнныС Римскими Π»Π΅Π³ΠΈΠΎΠ½Π΅Ρ€Π°ΠΌΠΈ, Π²Π±ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ мСталличСскиС ΡˆΡ‚Ρ‹Ρ€ΠΈ Π² Π»Π°Π΄ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΠΈ ступни Π’ΠΈΠ»Π»ΠΈ Π‘Π°Π»ΡŒΠ²Π°Π΄ΠΎΡ€Π°, ΠΌΠΎΠ»Ρ‡Π° ΠΊΡ€ΠΈΠ²ΠΈΠ²ΡˆΠ΅Π³ΠΎΡΡ Π½Π° Π²Π΅Ρ€ΡˆΠΈΠ½Π΅ дСрСвянного крСста.

Β«Π­Ρ‚ΠΎ ΠΌΠΎΠΉ Π»ΠΈΡ‡Π½Ρ‹ΠΉ способ ΠΎΡ‚Π±Π»Π°Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ€ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ Π•Π³ΠΎ (Π‘ΠΎΠ³Π°) Π·Π° ΠΌΠΎΠ΅ исцСлСниС» - рассказал 59-Π»Π΅Ρ‚Π½ΠΈΠΉ Ρ€Ρ‹Π±Π°ΠΊ агСнтству Ѐранс ΠŸΡ€Π΅ΡΡ ΠΈ босиком ΠΏΠΎΠ±Ρ€Π΅Π» ΠΏΠΎ дСрСвСнским ΡƒΠ»ΠΎΡ‡ΠΊΠ°ΠΌ Π‘Π°Π½-Π₯ΡƒΠ°Π½Π°. Он Π΄ΠΎΠ±Π°Π²ΠΈΠ», Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ Π΄Π΅Π»Π°Π΅Ρ‚ это с 2006 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Π°, ΠΏΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΠΌΡƒ Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ Β«Π‘ΠΎΠ³ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ³ ΠΌΠ½Π΅ ΠΎΠΏΡ€Π°Π²ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒΡΡ ΠΎΡ‚ Π½Π΅Ρ€Π²Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ срыва».

ПослС Π‘Π°Π»ΡŒΠ²Π°Π΄ΠΎΡ€Π° настала ΠΎΡ‡Π΅Ρ€Π΅Π΄ΡŒ ΡƒΠ»ΠΈΡ‡Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Ρ‚ΠΎΡ€Π³ΠΎΠ²Ρ†Π° АлСкса Π”Π°Ρ€Π°Π½Π°Π½Π³Π°, Ρ‡ΡŒΠ΅ 20-Π΅ распятиС совпало с ΠΊΠ°Π½ΡƒΠ½ΠΎΠΌ Π΅Π³ΠΎ 60-лСтия.

Β«Π Π°Π½Ρ‹ Π·Π°ΠΆΠΈΠ²Π°ΡŽΡ‚ быстро, практичСски Π² Ρ‚Π΅Ρ‡Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ Π΄Π²ΡƒΡ… Π΄Π½Π΅ΠΉΒ» - ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΡˆΠ°ΠΌΠΊΠ°Π» Ρ‰Π΅Ρ€Π±Π°Ρ‚Ρ‹ΠΌ Ρ€Ρ‚ΠΎΠΌ дСдуля.

ΠšΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Π²Π°Ρ туристичСская Π΄ΠΎΡΡ‚ΠΎΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ‡Π°Ρ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΡŒ

Π¦Π΅Ρ€ΠΊΠΎΠ²Π½Ρ‹Π΅ ΠΊΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ½Ρ‹ Π½Π΅ ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ±Ρ€ΡΡŽΡ‚ это самоистязаниС, ΡΡ‚Π°Π²ΡˆΠΈΠ΅ Π³Π»Π°Π²Π½ΠΎΠΉ туристичСской Π΄ΠΎΡΡ‚ΠΎΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ‡Π°Ρ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΡŒΡŽ.

Экскурсии Π² нСсколько тысяч Ρ‡Π΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ, Π²ΠΊΠ»ΡŽΡ‡Π°Ρ Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ дСсятка Π·Π°ΠΏΠ°Π΄Π½Ρ‹Ρ… туристов, ΡΠΏΡƒΡΡ‚ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡŒ Π² Π±Π»ΠΈΠΆΠ°ΠΉΡˆΡƒΡŽ Π΄Π΅Ρ€Π΅Π²ΡƒΡˆΠΊΡƒ Π‘Π°Π½-ΠŸΠ΅Π΄Ρ€ΠΎ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ Π±Ρ‹ ΡΡ‚Π°Ρ‚ΡŒ свидСтСлями распятия ΠΈ Π΄Ρ€ΡƒΠ³ΠΈΡ… Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌ благочСстия.

Π’ΠΎΠΊΡ€ΡƒΠ³ ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ³ΠΎΡ€ΠΊΠ°, Π³Π΄Π΅ Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΈ высоких крСста ΠΎΠΆΠΈΠ΄Π°ΡŽΡ‚ Ρ€Π΅Π²Π½ΠΈΡ‚Π΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ Π²Π΅Ρ€Ρ‹ Π‘Π°Π½-ΠŸΠ΅Π΄Ρ€ΠΎ, ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ΄Π°ΡŽΡ‚ΡΡ сувСнирныС Ρ„ΡƒΡ‚Π±ΠΎΠ»ΠΊΠΈ ΠΈ шапки, Π±Π΅Π·Π°Π»ΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Π΅ Π½Π°ΠΏΠΈΡ‚ΠΊΠΈ ΠΈ закуски. Гигантский тСлСэкран ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·Ρ‹Π²Π°Π΅Ρ‚ ΠΆΡƒΡ‚ΠΊΠΈΠ΅ события для ΠΎΡΡ‚Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎΠΉ Ρ‚ΠΎΠ»ΠΏΡ‹. По Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΡ‚ΡƒΠ°Ρ€Π°ΠΌ сСлСния сотни босоногих ΠΌΡƒΠΆΡ‡ΠΈΠ½, с Π·Π°ΠΊΡƒΡ‚Π°Π½Π½Ρ‹ΠΌΠΈ Ρ‡Π΅Ρ€Π½Ρ‹ΠΌΠΈ тряпками Π»ΠΈΡ†Π°ΠΌΠΈ, двиТутся ΠΌΠ΅Π΄Π»Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ процСссиСй, Ρ…Π»Π΅Ρ‰Π° свои спины ΠΏΠ»Π΅Ρ‚ΡŒΠΌΠΈ с Π±Π°ΠΌΠ±ΡƒΠΊΠΎΠ²Ρ‹ΠΌΠΈ Π½Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π΅Ρ‡Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌΠΈ. ΠŸΠ΅Ρ€ΠΈΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΡ‡Π΅ΡΠΊΠΈ нСсколько Ρ‡Π΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ лоТатся Π²Π½ΠΈΠ· Π»ΠΈΡ†ΠΎΠΌ Π½Π° Π°ΡΡ„Π°Π»ΡŒΡ‚, ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π΄Π°Π² Π½Π°Π³Π°ΠΉΠΊΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΡ‰Π½ΠΈΠΊΠ°ΠΌ, ΠΊΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ‹Π΅ ΡƒΠΆΠ΅ΡΡ‚ΠΎΡ‡Π°ΡŽΡ‚ наказания.

Π‘Π°ΠΌΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡ‡Π΅Π²Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ – β€œΡ‡Π°ΡΡ‚ΡŒ ΠΊΡƒΠ»ΡŒΡ‚ΡƒΡ€Ρ‹β€

Π­Ρ‚ΠΈ ΡΠΊΡΡ‚Ρ€ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Π΅ истязания Π²ΠΎΡΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°ΡŽΡ‚ΡΡ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π°Π»ΡŒΡ‚Π΅Ρ€Π½Π°Ρ‚ΠΈΠ²Π° Ρ†Π΅Ρ€ΠΎΠ²Π½Ρ‹ΠΌ эпитимиям Бтрастной ΠŸΡΡ‚Π½ΠΈΡ†Ρ‹, Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΈΠΌ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π΄Π΅Ρ€ΠΆΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΠΎΡ‚ Ρ€Π°Π±ΠΎΡ‚Ρ‹ ΠΈΠ»ΠΈ ΠΎΡ‚ мясой ΠΏΠΈΡ‰ΠΈ.

ДСрСнский староста Π‘Π°Π½ –Π₯ΡƒΠ°Π½Π° ΠšΠ»Π°Ρ€ΠΎ Π’Π°Π»Π΅Π½Ρ‚ΠΈΠ½ΠΎ рассказываСт, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ распятия ΠΈ самобичСвания стали Ρ‡Π°ΡΡ‚ΡŒΡŽ ΠΊΡƒΠ»ΡŒΡ‚ΡƒΡ€Ρ‹ страны, принСсСнныС вмСстС с ΠΊΠ°Ρ‚ΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡ†ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΌ испанскими ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹ΠΌΠΈ завоСваниями Π² XVI Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ΅.

β€œΠœΡ‹ Ρ€ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΡΡŒ с этой ΠΊΡƒΠ»ΡŒΡ‚ΡƒΡ€ΠΎΠΉ. Всякий Ρ‡Π΅Π»ΠΎΠ²Π΅ΠΊ Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ΅Π½ ΡƒΠ²Π°ΠΆΠ°Ρ‚ΡŒ ΠΊΡƒΠ»ΡŒΡ‚ΡƒΡ€Ρƒ ΠΈ вСрования нашСго народа”- Π΄ΠΎΠ±Π°Π²ΠΈΠ» ΠΎΠ½.

ΠžΡ‚Π΅Ρ† Дуглас Π‘Π°Π΄ΠΎΠ½Π³, Π½Π°ΡΡ‚ΠΎΡΡ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒ Ρ†Π΅Ρ€ΠΊΠ²ΠΈ Бвятого ΠšΡ€Π΅ΡΡ‚Π° Π² столичной МанилС, заявил, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ Ρ†Π΅Ρ€ΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡŒ Π½Π΅ потворствуСт ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ±Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΡ€Π°ΠΊΡ‚ΠΈΠΊΠ΅. Β«Π¦Π΅Ρ€ΠΊΠΎΠ²ΡŒ выступаСт ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΡ‚ΠΈΠ² этих Π°ΠΊΡ‚ΠΎΠ², ΠΈΠ±ΠΎ Ρ‚ΠΎ Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ ΡΠΎΠ²Π΅Ρ€ΡˆΠΈΠ» Π₯ристос для нашСго спасСния, Π½Π°ΠΌ Π½Π΅ Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Ρ‚ΠΎΡ€ΡΡ‚ΡŒΒ» - сказал ΠΎΠ½.

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