Devout Catholics smeared their bodies with mud and wore banana leaves as they participated in an annual festival in Bibiclat, a village in the Philippines, on Wednesday.
The Taong Putik, or Mud People, festival has been passed on from generation to generation in the community as a way of showing devotion to the village's patron saint, St. John the Baptist. Devotees come to thank the saint for miracles or fulfill vows made in prayer.
