Filipinos Commemorate John The Baptist In Taong Putik Festival

LUZON, PHILIPPINES - JUNE 24: Christian devotees walk at dawn to hear mass in celebrating the Taong Putik Fesitival commemorating their patron Saint John the Baptist in Alliaga township on June 24, 2013 in Nueva Ecija province, Philippines. Taong Putik literally means "mud people" and involves devotees covering themselves in mud, banana leaves, vines and twigs to emulate the disguised appearance of John the Baptist when he baptised Christ. The Philippines is the only Southeast Asian country with a predominantly Catholic majority. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)