15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
philippines portrait
On Good Friday in the Philippines, men will whip their backs until they’re bloody and allow themselves to be crucified. It’s a decades-old practice that takes place predominantly in Pampanga province by devout Catholics as a penance.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 04.2015 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2017 |
| Photo Location: | Philippines |
| Copyright: | © Kasia Idzkowska |