Ay naku naiisip ko pa din until now lol. Also as far as I know this act is condemned by the Catholic church but still done every year. Covering their faces is to protect their identity masabihan sila na maraming kasalanan as it is humiliating in public. Pero meron akong narinig from the crowd, " Diba si ano yan? Bakit sya nandyan? sagot ng kasama nya, "Oo wag ka maingay".