Jesus in Everett... Que?

Everett offers its citizens many things:
industrialized looking buildings, pot holes that are like black holes when a tire hits it, and now-
Jesus-being whipped by Roman guards.
According to the Everett Independent, The Spanish ministry of the Immaculate Conception Church completed their second year of having a man dressed as Jesus being whipped and insulted by Roman guards, all of the way from the Immaculate school and up Broadway.
Not only did citizens watch the display, but many participated.
Because nothing says camaraderie like re-enacting the horrible end of Jesus.
And I thought the Confederate re-enactment was bad.

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