Painful and bloody – these are its main distinction. People who are used to doing this tradition says it is their way of paying off their sins so God would still accept them above. Some would hit their backs with thin sheets of metal tied in a rope or be crucified in front of extreme heat and the public. Hitting your hands with the hammer is painful, what more when you get pierced by a nail?
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