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I lived in the Philippines for a year when I was 21 and I remember going to the island of Siquijor because it had folks practicing black magic. My friend Marco and I got to witch doctor's home to cure Marco from smoking.
It was a mud hut kind of thing and when the witch doctor came out, he was wearing board shorts and nothing else and kiiiiiind of looked like Mr. Miyagi. He brought us inside, offered us a drink (yikes, nope) and then got to the "breaking addiction ceremony."
I don't remember a lot of it because I was soaking in the scenery but I *do* remember there being a poster of John Stamos on the wall and that's when I knew Marco would be cured of smoking.
Any ways, Marco blew into a tube after being blessed or cursed and when he did smoke filled this tube and Marco wasn't smoking anything! IT WAS FUCKING WILD. Marco, a devout Christian, was freaked the fuck out. Never smoked again.
Also? I was there during Easter which is a WILD time in the Philippines because everything nearly closes the fuck down for a solid month. Impossible to do anything fun. BUT! North of Manila on Luzon there's a massive Crucifixion where a dude has played Jesus since the 1980s.
He gets nails hammered into his hands and feet. Four inch nails. I remember a friend Rick was interviewing this guy I only remember his first name Ruben) and Ruben said he plays Jesus as penance for witnessing a murder in a convenience store and not doing anything.
There was another guy who also crucified that looked IDENTICAL to Snoop Dogg.
