the cilice....the discipline, Good Friday etc.

Philippine devotees nailed to the cross in Good Friday rites
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS





Melchor Montoya stays nailed to the cross for a few minutes during the reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday March 21, 2008, at Sta Lucia, Pampanga province north of Manila, Philippines. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Bullit Marquez
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SAN FERNANDO, Philippines - Philippine devotees re-enacted Jesus Christ's suffering today by having themselves nailed to crosses in rites frowned upon by Roman Catholic church leaders.
Thirty-seven-year-old Fernando Mamangon was among the first of some 30 men scheduled to go through the Good Friday rites in three villages in northern Pampanga province's San Fernando city.
Five other devotees, including a woman, were nailed to crosses in nearby Bulacan province.
It was Mamangon's 13th straight year for the rite, which penitents endure to fulfil a vow or pray for a cure for illnesses.
The yearly tradition has become a tourist attraction, especially in San Fernando's San Pedro Cutud village, which sometimes draws thousands of local and foreign tourists.
On Wednesday, Archbishop Paciano Aniceto of San Fernando city urged devotees not to turn Holy Week into a "circus."


for picture, see:
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/03/21/5069041-ap.html