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).

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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.

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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, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog).

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Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor head shot, seven-eighths view) of a Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with shaved head, covered with yellow sandalwood paste, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Doing a Background Check (photo blog).

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Matt Hahnewald posted a photo: Close-up street portrait (outdoor head shot, seven-eighths view) of a Malaysian Indian Hindu devotee with shaved head, covered with yellow sandalwood paste, during Thaipusam 2020 CE; George Town, Penang, Malaysia. More context: Recelebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Celebrating Ecstatic Thaipusam (photo blog), Doing a Background Check (photo blog).

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kamaruld posted a photo: Planet of the Apes

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Gary Chow’s Pixels posted a photo: Panguni Uthiram (Tamil:பங்குனி உத்திரம்) (also known as Meena Uttara-phalguni in Sanskrit) is a day of importance to Tamil Hindus.

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BDphoto1 posted a photo: Thaipusam Celebration in Singapore circa 1999. image from scanned photo. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (January/February)

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ale neri posted a photo: Thaipusam 2016 www.aleneri.com

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