To atone for their sins or for a taste of adrenalin, dozens of people whip each other with dried bull penises, a four-century-old religious tradition to mark Saint John the Baptist's day in San Juan de Oriente, southern Nicaragua. The ritual, known as the dance of the "chinegros," takes place on a street in front of the church of this 5,000-population town, following a mass celebrated by Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, archbishop of Managua, in front of hundreds of worshippers. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES