In the predominantly Catholic Philippines, the celebration of Christ’s resurrection is a serious business. For Easter, I witnessed the bloody real crucifixion in Pampanga!
Tag: rituals
Thaipusam Festival in Batu Caves is not for everyone. If you visit it, be prepared to experience some extreme body piercing rituals!
It is an old belief that the full moon makes people go crazy (therefore, the word ‘lunatics’ contains ‘luna,’ the Latin word for the moon)! Even if no transformational effect of the full moon on humans was ever…