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 (high-ISO 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, 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 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, 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).

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Jenny Rainbow posted a photo: Even to look at this guy makes me sick..;. From yesterday celebration of Thaipusam in Mauritius

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