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09 February 2010 [17:38] - Today.Az
Okay, this may not seem like your usual festival, but its really something. Pictures speak for themselves. Take a look.
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A Hindu devotee gets a piercing through his cheeks
Crowds inside the Batu Caves Temple in Malaysia
A man pours water on the head of a devotee during a procession before sunrise
One devotee gets his tongue pierced.. before pulling a three-meter chariot with two huge hooks tied on his back
A man performing an example of Kavadi ('burden'), by attaching hooks to
his back, which are then pulled back by a fellow devotee
A pierced devotee during the Thaipoosam Kavadi festivities in South Africa
A man with hooks piercing his back, attached to cups and limes
In Singapore, one man hangs limes from hooks in his chest
A Hindu devotee carries a cage, with metal rods piercing his body,
during the Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A Hindu devotee carries a cage, with metal rods piercing his body,
during the Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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