We have a gory tradition in our town. People believe that for your sins to be forgiven you have to do penance that means physically torturing yourself. I don't know any other place in the entire country that could match the gore we have during Good Friday.
For decades this has been a tourist attraction. Others might find it offensive so I did not post all the pictures I took, just check out my multiply site that includes the Blood Bath of Good Friday last year http://marcsplanet.multiply.com
What an amazing display of Faith.
You have four options for your penance. This beats the movie "Passion of the Christ"
1. Put cuts in your back, not less than 9, while bleeding hit it hard with bamboo sticks. Walk, crawl, or roll around town at the heat of the day.
2. Strategically place arrows in your body where a slight movement in your upper body would either give you a deep wound or kill you.
3. Carry a cross, wear a full body suit, tie a rope around your waist and have a group of people beat the crap out of you around town.
4. Be crucified in a cross.
The end does not justify the means, but their ways remind us how Christ suffered and died for us.
More Holy Week 2009 Photos check out my multiply http://marcsplanet.multiply.com
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