Where city streets become Calvary: ‘Buhing Kalbaryo’ at 29

THE first crack of the whip cuts through the morning air. It was sharp, sudden, and impossible to ignore. Children seated closest to the makeshift stage fall silent. Some of them are leaning forward, with eyes fixed, trying to understand why the man before them is crowned with thorns, stripped, and trembling — and why he is made to suffer. Around them, adults watch with a kind of knowing, their faces set in recognition of a story they have known since their own childhoods. In Barangay San Nicolas Proper, faith does not stay inside churches on Good Friday. It walks […]... Keep on reading: Where city streets become Calvary: ‘Buhing Kalbaryo’ at 29

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