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Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey trains in a school compound in the Jamestown district in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Sarah Lotus Asare, Project Lead- Girls Box Tournament, poses for a photo in Wisdom boxing gym in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana, Thursday, Jan 23, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Sarah Lotus Asare, Project Lead- Girls Box Tournament, poses for a photo in Wisdom boxing gym in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana, Thursday, Jan 23, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey chats with her teammates after an evening training session at a school compound where she trains in the Jamestown district in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey chats with her teammates after an evening training session at a school compound where she trains in the Jamestown district in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey hangs her training kits on the clothesline in her house in the Jamestown district in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey hangs her training kits on the clothesline in her house in the Jamestown district in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey, 28, right, and her gym mate warm up during an evening training session at a school compound where she trains in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey, 28, right, and her gym mate warm up during an evening training session at a school compound where she trains in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)The ritual recalls the foot-washing Jesus performed on his 12 apostles at their Last Supper together before he would be taken away to be crucified.

Chalhoub said he doesn’t participate in the Friday reenactment, which he said has become entrenched in Quraye. On social media, he added, it often draws mixed reactions, with some criticizing aspects of it as “backward.”Charbel Joseph Antoun, 37, portraying Jesus, falls to the ground during a Good Friday reenactment of the crucifixion in Quraye, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Charbel Joseph Antoun, 37, portraying Jesus, falls to the ground during a Good Friday reenactment of the crucifixion in Quraye, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Antoun said scenes like the hoisting of the cross and the flogging are done in a calculated and “professional” manner. “We do this out of a good heart,” he said.