Senakulo
Passion play dramatizing Jesus Passion in Philippines
In barangay Lourdes North (part of city Angeles, Pampanga province) on Maundy Thursday official church remembers Jesus' "Seven Last Words”. Few meters away parishioners perform the senakulo. Some penitents willingly experience Jesus' suffering themselves, from being whipped or lashed on the back (by himself or by others), some carrying the cross.
Next day, on Good Friday in barangay San Pedro Cutud (part of city San Fernando, Pampanga province) some penitents suffering themselves, from being whipped or lashed on the back, to being tied and nailed (figure of Jesus) to the cross after passing the Stations of the Cross, a series of 14 images depicting the events leading to Jesus Christ's crucifixion.
