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Philippine devotees honor St. John the Baptist with a mud-covered display of faith
Villagers say up to 3,000 people join the annual ritual to thank the saint for miracles and fulfill vows made in prayer.
- Hundreds of Catholic devotees in Bibiclat, Philippines, wrap themselves in dried banana leaves and cover their bodies with mud to honor St. John the Baptist in an annual festival called the Taong Putik.
- The Taong Putik festival is held annually as a way for devotees to thank St. John the Baptist for miracles and to fulfill prayer vows.
- Church leaders say the practice began in the 1800s when farmers used mud and banana leaves to show humility and to hide their identities from discrimination.
- Rev. Elmer Villamayor said that devotion to St. John the Baptist increased after local men were spared execution during World War II, an event seen as divine intervention.
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Philippine devotees honor St. John the Baptist with a mud-covered display of faith
Devotees covered in mud and banana leaves took part in the annual Taong Putik festival in the Philippine village of Bibiclat, honoring St.
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