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                    [Title] => Pampanga girding for two ‘parol’ tilts
                    [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — A parol made from scrap materials for a national competition and 10 all-new giant Christmas lanterns for this city’s annual festival are keeping Capampangans excited these days.


Mayor Oscar Rodriguez, who has been commended for his strict implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, said the lantern makers of Barangay San Pedro Cutud are now ready with a parol made entirely from scrap bottles, metals, paper, wire and rope. 


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                    [Title] => For a fee, Pampanga  penitents willing to be nailed to the cross
                    [Summary] => SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — Crucifixion, anyone?


Holy Week penitence here has gone from the spiritual to the mundane with penitents volunteering to be nailed to wooden crosses — for a fee. At least P5,000.


Zoilo Castro, chairman of Barangay San Pedro Cutud, where tourists flock to on Good Friday to witness crucifixions, said other barangays have begun to "compete" for attention by hunting for would-be Kristos. 


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                    [Title] => 10 'Kristos' to be nailed in Pampanga; number of young flagellantsup
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SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- The "crucifixion" of 42-year-old Herocito Sangalang
and nine others in Barangay Cutud here is a tradition that is expected to
attract anew thousands of tourists this Good Friday.

But the 10 Kristos are not only the ones shedding "penitential blood." In
recent years, a growing number of youths, some as young as 13 years old, have
been practicing self-flagellation with the consent of their parents.

"There seems to be nothing wrong with such practice among children for as long
as no one is compelling them," said social worker Evelyn Manalo.

A mother
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Pampanga girding for two ‘parol’ tilts

By Ding Cervantes | December 10, 2005 - 12:00am

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — A parol made from scrap materials for a national competition and 10 all-new giant Christmas lanterns for this city’s annual festival are keeping Capampangans excited these days. Mayor...

Nation

For a fee, Pampanga penitents willing to be nailed to the cross

By Ding Cervantes | March 18, 2002 - 12:00am

SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga — Crucifixion, anyone? Holy Week penitence here has gone from the spiritual to the mundane with penitents volunteering to be nailed to wooden crosses — for a fee. At least P5,000. Zoilo...

Nation

10 'Kristos' to be nailed in Pampanga; number of young flagellantsup

By Ding Cervantes | April 19, 2000 - 12:00am

SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- The "crucifixion" of 42-year-old Herocito Sangalang and nine others in Barangay Cutud here is a tradition that is expected to attract anew thousands of tourists this Good Friday. But...

Headlines