Roman Catholic Re-enact The Crucifixion At Easter

Warning: this gallery contains images which you may find disturbing. 

Alexie Dionicio holds nails that will be used to nail penitents to crucifixes in the town of Hagonoy, Bulacan province, Philippines

A penitent carries a wooden cross and others whip themselves on their way to the church in Cutud, San Fernando, Pampanga

A boy looks at a hooded penitent carrying a cross in Angeles city

A hooded penitent carries a cross on his shoulder as he walks along the city street in San Fernando City

Residents dressed as Roman soldiers walk during the Moriones (meaning mask, or visor) Festival in Marinduque island

A Filipino Roman Catholic devotee with a bloodied back carries a cross to do penance during a ritual for Holy Week during the run up to Easter in San Fernando, north of Manila

Residents take pictures as a man uses a razor to create shallow cuts on the back of a flagellant in Angeles city

Flagellants with bloodied backs kneel in front of the church in San Fernando

A man in Angeles City in Pampanga province hits a flagellant with a trunk of a banana tree as he lies facedown on the pavement imitating the sacrifices of Jesus Christ

Menardo Penafrel, 32, a government employee who is playing the role of Jesus Christ for the fourth time, grimaces after being whipped by a resident playing the role of a Roman soldier

Numerous penitents were nailed to crosses in the most extreme display of religious devotion in the Philippines

A penitent's feet are nailed to a cross in the town of San Juan in Pampanga province, north of Manila

Mary-Jane Mamangun is nailed to a cross in the village of San Juan, north of Manila