Extreme Easter: Flogging, crucifixions in Philippines People in the Philippines mark Good Friday with ritual crucifixions and self-flagellation -- extreme affirmations of faith performed every Easter in Asia's Catholic outpost. Nearly 80 percent of people in the Philippines are Catholic, a legacy of the nation's 300 years of Spanish colonial rule that ended at the turn of the 20th century.ATTN CLIENTS: IMAGES OF BLOOD