Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the the southern Philippine town of ...

Known as the “Town of the Moving Saints,” Paete is known for its Lenten procession of carved wooden saints which depict Jesus ...

she says. After going around town, the penitents hike to a small waterfall to wash the blood from their backs. Meanwhile, residents of nearby Paete, a town of 25,000 people, pushed life-size ...