I initially wanted to go to Kalayaan town to take pictures of those people whipping themselves in public but instead I found them near the church, saving me the hassle of travelling to the next town.
warning: Do not open if you can't stand the sight of blood!
Talk about bloody mess with blood, sweat and dust; a "wholesome" sight for sado-masochistic delight!
Note: the Catholic Church does not teach penance through flagellation, crucifixion or any form of corporal punishment to self to atone for one's sins.
Wow, this is something new to me.
ReplyDeletePretty gory, isn't it?
Watching these guys do this every Good Friday makes me wonder about the origins of the practice. Muslims flagellate too and this country was very Islamic until the Spanish conversion. One of my friends has lived in every country in Latin and S America. I'll ask if he saw any flagellation in those places. If so, perhaps it was a Spanish invention.
ReplyDeleteuso pa pala yan hanggang ngayon..
ReplyDeleteI used to see some of my neighbors with wounded back because of that practice every Holy Week, but after a while....they all go back to their OLD VICES.
gad! pagkatapos ba nyan dinadala sila sa ospital?? nakakaloka naman yan..
ReplyDeletei've seen that before eh, some people talaga are doing that kind of penance pero ngayon ko lang na-realized na parang may mali... i don't know why..
Natatawa ako inspite of myself.
ReplyDeleteTakot kasi ako sa sight of blood. May warning na nga sa intro ng post mo, pumunta pa rin ako. Ang kulit ano? Ayun nagimbal ako. hehehe. Nakakapanghina....
I still go for the classic one: stoning to death. Hah! ;)
ReplyDeletegrabe ang sakit nyan, pero sa tingin mo totoong nasusugatan sila?
ReplyDeletekyels, gory indeed!
ReplyDeletephil, have to check it out. this seems to be an age-old tradition brought here in RP
melai, yup. BSDU :)
jhenny, wounds even if small still hurt. no hospital trip for them
watson, warned you before hehe
abaniko, paypayan mo na lang pero mas mahapdi yata
cruise, i asked one of them and complained those wounds really hurt as in mahapdi daw...
sometimes you'll even see them rolling on the road and just imagine salty sweat, blood and sand/soil combined :(
You didn't miss anything in Kalayaan. Most flagellants were wearing "modern" looking masks instead of the traditional ones.
ReplyDeleteyuck, dis is so kadire!
ReplyDeleteWish I could bear hitting mi back with those improvised slammers they're using. Alam ko nilalaslas pa nila ung likod nila to have a much gorier effect + of course double the penitence.
ReplyDeleteSiguro pag tinignan mo yung mga ginagamit nilang whips me mga balat balat at dugo pa. Eeew... onga nga kadiri
ReplyDeleteThat is totally gory! I've never seen flagellants wearing shirts before. But their whipping is so hard, their shirts are all torn up. Oo nga... this is not taught by the church. Our religiosity could be very folkloric and animistic sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI see a lot of flagellants whenever I go down to the lowlands during Holy Week. It works for some people, but not me! I can't stand the sight of blood. Especially those that take it to the next level and "crucify" themselves.
ReplyDeleteIt's a mild passive form of extremism.
P.S. I'll link you up too dear. :)
The Shiite Muslims also have their own form of flagellation but in a rather militant fashion. It's done to commemorate the life of their historical leader Immam Hussain. It can be scary sight when sword wielding men form a procession and flagellate themselves like they want to be martyred in a battle :(
ReplyDeleteHad witnessed these since as a kid in Subic, but to this day still cringe when I hear the sound and the see the blood.
ReplyDeleteThe ones in Subic wore no tops (shirts), though.