The San Pedro Cutud Lenten Rites is a

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re-enactment of Christ's Passion and Death which takes place in

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San Pedro Cutud San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando ( pam, Lakanbalen ning Sampernandu; fil, Lungsod ng San Fernando), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a pop ...

, City of San Fernando,

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in the

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. It includes a passion play culminating with the actual nailing of at least three penitents to a wooden cross atop the makeshift Calvary.

Events

Every year on Good Friday or the Friday before Easter a dozen or so penitents - mostly men but with the occasional woman - are taken to a rice field in the barrio of San Pedro Cutud, 3 km (2 miles) from the proper of

City of San Fernando, Pampanga San Fernando, officially the City of San Fernando ( pam, Lakanbalen ning Sampernandu; fil, Lungsod ng San Fernando), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, ...

and nailed to a cross using two-inch (5 cm) stainless steel nails that have been soaked in alcohol to disinfect them. The penitents are taken down when they feel cleansed of their sin. Other penitents flagellate themselves using bamboo sticks tied to a rope.

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

The "Cutud Lenten Rites" has been registered in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory of the Philippines called 'Pinagmulan.' The move was initiated by the

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, the main cultural agency of the Republic of the Philippines. The rites may be nominated for inclusion in the

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, where 3 other Philippine intangible heritages have already been inscribed.

External links

Good Friday in San Fernando, PampangaCenter for Kapampangan Studies - Mal a Aldo documentaryPhoto gallery2015 Photo galleryFlagellations in PampangaTravelguide.comTravelog Philippines - 2009 Crucifixions in San Fernando, Pampanga

References

{{reflist Catholic Church in the Philippines Religion in Pampanga San Fernando, Pampanga Holy Week in the Philippines

Events

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

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