PHOTOS: Christians nailed to wooden crosses as part of a Good Friday custom in Northern Philippines

These pictures show devoted Christians partaking in an extreme re-enactment of the death of Jesus Christ .
Penitents were nailed to wooden crosses as a major aspect of a Good Friday custom in San Fernando in northern Philippines.
Five-inch stainless steel nails were punctured through the skin of individuals partaking. Pictures demonstrated numerous grimacing in anguish as they clung the crosses.
One of the partakers was Danish producer Lasse Spang Olsen. He was nailed onto a wooden cross but was later taken away by surgeons on a stretcher, plainly in agony.
Also involved in the event was Ruben Enaje, in his 28th year of torturous killing.
The occasion happens each Good Friday and is the most compelling showcase of religious dedication in the Philippines, a dominatingly Catholic nation.