This whip, made of yucca fibers, would have been used as a Penitente’s personal whip to apply self flagellation. The self flagellation is used during a heightened period of rituals (Lent, processions during Holy Week) in a reenactment of the crucifixition of Christ. As written by Wikipedia: Los Hermanos de la Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro […]

This is a rare whip used as an implement for the entire Morada. The Morada is the center of activities (like a church) for a group of penitentes. Flagellation (whipping or flogging) was a part of life in the Morada, either self inflicted or administered by one person to another. In this case, this whip […]