4/21/2003: Easter crucifixions again
 

http://cellar.org/2003/cruc2.jpg

The longer I do IotD the more I find that some items are annual and this is one of them. This is actual crucifixion for Easter, happening in the Philippines.

http://cellar.org/2003/cruc1.jpg

With real nails through real flesh.

We saw it first last year; here's the blog view version of last year's image which is pretty much the same deal.

Well if it wasn't so weird, I wouldn't put it up again.

They do real nails through hands and feet? Ouch - where's the blood though?

     Not to sound like a gore hound or anything, but where's the blood? Do these guy's have their hands prepierced or something? What exactly is the point of getting pinned to a cross anyway?
     I mean if it's symbolic do you really need the nails? If you do then why the ropes around the shoulders? The ropes around the arms should be suffiecient to keep the nails from tearing through the hands. If the ropes around the the chest and shoulders are to prevent suffering, then why the nails? I'm confused...

     Damn it. I was typing as Bel posted... then asked the same question...

And why not do it right, as He was crucified? Put those nails through the wrists!

"Always look on the bright side of life...!" Everybody!

I think it was considerate of the organizers to use nails with really large heads so that they would have less chance of missing with the sledgehammer and crushing the guy's hand...

This must be the Filipino Christian equivalent of crawling to Mecca on one's knees.

I was reminded of the sundance, actually.

The things people do in the name of religious devotion ...

My kids, who only know Richard Harris from the Harry Potter films, were sort of taken aback when I described "A Man Called Horse" to them...I don't think they believed me.

One of my friends just made the commitment to the sundance, which is why thoughts of it were fresh in my mind.

You have to show your kids A Man Called Horse now, you realize ... just describing it won't freak them out enough. Thinking ... I was probably in my midteens when I saw it the first time.

Shouldn't they do the crucifixtions on Good Friday?

I believe they were done on Friday. They use the term Easter to cover the whole shebang. I read there were 6 or 7 people nailed this year in the Philippines this year.

Actually BRUCE the figure is higher. My ship berthed there recently and I personally nailed a number of the citizens

I knew when I posted, I should have rephrased that.:rolleyes:

I know I'm gonna burn in someone's Hell for saying this, but...

How many channels does the guy in the first picture get on that headgear of his, anyway?