Men masquerading as Roman centurions stage a mock tournament called Estokadahan ng Senturyon on Tuesday, April 4 in General Luna town, Quezon province. Video by Darcie de Galicia.
QUEZON, Philippines – General Luna town in Quezon province will try to convince the Guinness World Record team to open an entry for the biggest number of Good Friday flagellants on April 7.
While other provinces in the country have crucifixions as part of their commemoration of Jesus Christ’s death on Good Friday, General Luna’s highlight has always been a parade of flagellants, Mayor Matt Florido said on Wednesday, April 5.– bamboo tipped whips embedded with razor blades. Florido told Rappler the town record of 400 flagellants was hit in 2021 while the country was still struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Florido said that as far as he knows, General Luna has the highest number of participants, not only in the Southern Tagalog region, or even the whole of Luzon, but in the entire country and even the world. MOCK BATTLE. Men masquerading as Roman centurions fight on General Luna’s streets as part of the community’s Holy Week tradition. Kubol also refers to the locations in the town of the 14 stations of the Cross, where local folk dramatize the vignette.
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