EPA 2012-06-25 06:25:59 Devotees cover themselves in mud and leaves at a farming village.
Filipino devotees with body covered in mud and dried leaves pray at a Catholic church in a pagan religious tradition in a village of Bibiclat, Aliaga township in Nueva Ecija province, northern Philippines, 24 June 2012. Hundreds of devotees perform the annual rites in the hopes of having their wishes granted mostly on bountiful harvest in farming which coincides with the feast day of their patron saint, Saint John the Baptist. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
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