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Opinion

A Lenten incident

THE EAR - The Freeman
March 19, 2014 | 12:00am

LENT. When the Lenten Season comes around, the people living along Leon Kilat Street cannot help recalling to mind a Good Friday incident that made them laugh. While someone carrying a cross and allowed children to beat him in commemoration of Jesus's passion, a man who came from nowhere joined the children in beating up the man carrying the cross.

FIGHT. The man playing Jesus Christ dropped his bamboo cross and chased the man who joined the kids in beating him. A fistfight erupted and the "imitation of Christ's passion procession" was broken up. As usual cooler heads prevailed.

BEATING

CARRYING

CHILDREN

CHRIST

CROSS

GOOD FRIDAY

JESUS CHRIST

LEON KILAT STREET

MAN

WHEN THE LENTEN SEASON
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