Every year, crowds fill the streets of the central Mexican town of Atlixco on the Catholic holiday of Good Friday to witness ...

ATLIXCO, Mexico — Every year ... toting 70-pound chains and pieces of cactus lodged in their arms and legs. It’s part of a tradition in the town where participants say they are paying penance ...

Throngs of half-naked men walk through the scorching streets blindfolded, toting 70-pound chains and pieces of cactus lodged in ... according to Mexico’s 2020 census. “Young people, they ...

Every year, crowds fill the streets of the central Mexican town of Atlixco on the Catholic holiday of Good Friday to witness the sight ATLIXCO, Mexico ... and pieces of cactus lodged in their ...