Mandarame and the young: Children in Angeles City mimic flagellation

ANGELES CITY, Philippines – A two-year old boy was seen on a video holding a small souvenir bamboo whip, mimicking self-flagellation with a group of mandarame (flagellants) on Maundy Thursday, March 28, in Barangay Lourdes Northwest in this city in Pampanga province.

Some of the young boys played around the souvenir whip on the street while others participated in beating flagellants once they reach the village’s Pabasa ng Pasyon (Chanting of the Passion).

The residents said...