Filipino Catholics perform self-flagellation outside a church on Good Friday, defying a government ban on religious gatherings amid rising coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, in Manila. - Reuters
MANILA, April 3 (Reuters): Barefoot and with their backs bloodied by repeated flogging, Catholic devotees in the Philippines defied a ban on gatherings on Good Friday to perform a ritual of self-flagellation as a means of atonement during Holy Week.
Participants were few compared to recent years, after authorities reimposed tight restrictions in response to a jump in coronavirus infections, worsened by the spread of more transmissible variants.
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