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9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
"At the break of dawn, the penitent Catholic, spiked whip in hand and clad in a dried frond skirt, embarks on a long and agonizing march for mortification of the flesh."

"At the break of dawn, the penitent Catholic, spiked whip in hand and clad in a dried frond skirt, embarks on a long and agonizing march for mortification of the flesh."

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2011
Date Uploaded: 06.2011
Photo Location: Philippines
Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Copyright: © Arnold Patolot