Filipino penitents bearing crosses on their backs lie on the street as they perform a ritual on Maundy Thursday in Mabalacat City, Pampanga province, Philippines, April 18, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
PAMPANGA (Reuters) - Dozens of barefoot penitents in the Philippines whipped themselves and carried large wooden crosses in sweltering heat on Thursday as they participated in a ritual ahead of Easter in Asia's biggest Catholic nation.
Some of the men, wearing red robes with their faces covered and hands tied to the crosses, walked for hours along a highway in the northern province of Pampanga, about 88 km (55 miles) north of Manila, the capital.
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