18 April 2014

"I will see you on Good Friday..."

As some of you know, my Good Friday tradition is listening to the song "Good Friday" by the Black Crowes while looking up who got crucified in the Philippines this year...

SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA (Updated) -- Devotees in San Pedro Cutud village here had themselves nailed to a wooden cross to re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as thousands of local and foreign spectators watch the bloody annual rites to mark Good Friday in Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation.

The money quote comes from Lasse Spang Olsen, a 48-year-old filmmaker from Denmark who joined in on the fun...

After being helped down from the cross, [Olsen] said of his experience: "Fantastic, you should try it."