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  • Filipino devotees nailed to cross

    04/06/2007 5:44:39 AM PDT · by mmanager · 10 replies · 425+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Fri Apr 6, 4:00 AM ET | JOEAL CALUPITAN
    SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines - Seven devotees were nailed to crosses on Good Friday in a northern Philippine village where the rites drew thousands of tourists and spectators. ADVERTISEMENT The Lenten ritual is opposed by religious leaders in the Philippines — Southeast Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation. But it has persisted to become one of the country's most-awaited summer attractions in San Fernando City's San Pedro Cutud village. The devotees' palms and feet were attached to wooden crosses with 4-inch nails soaked in alcohol to prevent infection after a nearly mile-long walk to the mound, each carrying a wooden...