PHOTOS: Real-life Crucifixions, Throwing Women Into Rivers For Easter Tradition

Date: 18-04-2014 4:16 pm (10 years ago) | Author: franel
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As Christians around the world gather to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, here are some of the more unusual religious ceremonies and Easter traditions happening across the globe this week.



From real-life reenactments of the crucifixion in the Philippines to the lavish wedding of a cow and bull in India, there is certainly no shortage of bizarre traditions to mark this important spring holiday…

Christians are nailed to crosses in the Philippines every year in a real-life Good Friday reenactment of Jesus’s suffering.











Posted: at 18-04-2014 04:16 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

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