The health department has strongly advised penitents to check the condition of the whips they plan to use to lash their backs...To say nothing of the nails that they'll use to affix themselves to crosses.
...In the hot and dusty atmosphere, officials warn, using unhygienic whips to make deep cuts in the body could lead to tetanus and other infections.
That's right - you're not reading about Shi'a worshipers commemorating the martydom of Husayn ibn Ali, but devout Catholics in the Philippines who celebrate Easter each year in this rather unique way.
Filipinos warned on crucifixions (BBC News, 19 March 2008)
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