Show FLAGELLANT ES STILL SURVIVE IN NORTHERN R N PARTS OF NEW MEXICO 4 members member of fanatical creed torture themselves Them selve as part of religious ceremony senta santa re fe N ht H penitentes IenI remain in tile the united states to this very day within the last month their activities have been repeatedly observed in northern new mexico in tile counties of cf taos colfax itlo Ar arriba ritia mora sun san Al iguel sandoval Sani loval and valencia va ancla this cult of flesh torturers tonu rera popularly opposed supposed up posed to have become extinct better than a century ago believes heavenly hea iMily enlY bliss can be obtained by torturing the body they are supposed to he be a long removed survival of the a sect organized in n italy in 2210 A D in the sixteenth centar century Y the fanatical creed broke out again and pope Clen clensent tent VI issued a papal bull against march 25 fron arom aprin sprin fl and portugal the sect was brought to to mexico and it has survived principally among the indiana and halt half breeds in these thinly settled counties of new Il mexico exico there are three orders of pet penitentes alten tes the tl first order are allowed to be present only lit at the hect beet churches aich are hidden nell mell the can j and mountains those belonging to the second degree are arc allowed to hold and those of lite alie third degree are obligated to practice tice self there are two principal methods of belf elf torture practiced today the first drat Is to cut a deep cross between the shoulders in which la a placed a wooden bit nod and to the bit Is tied a heavy wooden cross which the self appointed victim drugs drags nebout over the dotterel by the other method they braid ropes of yucca a long sprayed cactus and strip and flog one another to the rhythm of ritual chants women 11 us e as men are allowed membership bers in tile lie sect and participate equally in III the self torture |