Filipino Catholics Celebrate Holy Week

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - APRIL 17: Flagellants whips their backs with wooden flails as a form of penance during holy week on April 17, 2014 in Pampanga, Philippines. Although the act of self mortification is condemned by the Catholic church and frowned upon in the modern age, thousands of Filipino faithfuls still participate in the bloody practice to this day as a form of popular piety and has become a part of Philippine tradition in Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)