Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor face shot, full-face view) of a Malaysian Indian Hindu kavadi carrier/dancer with pierced tongue and cheeks, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog)

View original post here: 
2009-02a Thaipusam Penang 2020 (103)

Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor face shot, seven-eighths view) of a Malaysian Indian Hindu kavadi carrier/dancer with pierced tongue and cheeks, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog).

Go here to read the rest:
2009-02a Thaipusam Penang 2020 (106)

Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor face shot, seven-eighths view) of a Malaysian Indian Hindu kavadi carrier/dancer with pierced tongue and cheeks, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog)

Read more here:
2009-02a Thaipusam Penang 2020 (105)

Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor face shot, three-quarter view) of a Malaysian Indian Hindu kavadi carrier/dancer with pierced tongue and cheeks, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog).

Original post: 
2009-02a Thaipusam Penang 2020 (104)

Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor face shot, seven-eighths view; single-point focus on his left eye) of a Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with tongue and cheek piercing and milk pots attached to his skin with fish hooks, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog)

Here is the original: 
2009-02a Thaipusam Penang 2020 (96a)

Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor face shot, seven-eighths view; single-point focus on his left eye) of a Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with tongue and cheek piercing and milk pots attached to his skin with fish hooks, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog)

Here is the original: 
2009-02a Thaipusam Penang 2020 (96a)

Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor head shot, full-face view) of a young Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with forehead piercings and sandalwood paste aka chandanam all over his face; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Yellowing the Forehead (photo blog).

See more here: 
2009-02a Thaipusam Penang 2020 (97)

Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor head shot, full-face view) of a young Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with forehead piercings and sandalwood paste aka chandanam all over his face; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Yellowing the Forehead (photo blog).

See more here: 
2009-02a Thaipusam Penang 2020 (97)

Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor face shot, seven-eighths view; single-point focus on his tongue tip) of a Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with tongue and cheek piercing and milk pots attached to his skin with fish hooks, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog).

View post: 
2009-02a Thaipusam Penang 2020 (96b)

Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor face shot, seven-eighths view; single-point focus on his tongue tip) of a Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with tongue and cheek piercing and milk pots attached to his skin with fish hooks, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog).

View post: 
2009-02a Thaipusam Penang 2020 (96b)