Fewer ‘Kristo’ turn out for Cutud crucifixions

A cross too heavy to pass on? Ruben Enaje fears end of panata in Cutud

In the sweltering heat of San Pedro Cutud, Pampanga, where the scent of incense fills the air and the murmur of prayers echoes, a man prepares for an extraordinary and painful ritual.

Fewer ‘Kristo’ turn out for Cutud crucifixions

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, Philippines — Have the numbers of penitents who submit to real-life crucifixion every Good Friday atop a replica of Golgotha in Barangay San Pedro Cutud here increased? Romeo Diamse won’t say, though he likely knows. At 65, the tricycle driver is one of just three remaining “Cutud centurions”—the men tasked […]...Keep on reading: Fewer ‘Kristo’ turn out for Cutud crucifixions