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                    [Title] => Crucifixion ‘fiesta’ draws crowds to Bulacan, Pampanga
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Thousands of tourists flocked to crucifixion sites in Bulacan province on Good Friday to witness penitents whipping themselves and getting crucified before high noon.

[DatePublished] => 2015-04-04 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1665007 [AuthorName] => Ramon Efren Lazaro [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150405/ruben-enaje-5.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202965 [Title] => San Fernando village doesn’t run out of ‘Cristos’ [Summary] => FERNANDO CITY — Barangay San Pedro Cutud here, famous for its true-to-life crucifixions, is not about to run out of "Jesus Christs."

This Good Friday, at least 13 people — one of them a woman — are expected to have themselves nailed to wooden crosses to re-enact the crucifixion of Christ as their act of penitence. [DatePublished] => 2003-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 155433 [Title] => ‘Kristo’ frowns on sacraments [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga – Because he has played the role of Jesus Christ down to the last nail on the cross for the past 16 years, commercial painter Ruben Ynaje has tried to live the beatific life.

Neighbors in Barangay San Pedro Cutud here, where thousands of foreign and domestic tourists flock to witness the reenactment of the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) every Good Friday, swear the 41-year-old Ynaje doesn’t drink, gamble or womanize.
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