phalady.photos posted a photo: A Tamil festival celebrated in India, Malaysia, and Singapore where devotees make a ceremonial act of sacrifice by piercing their skin with small hooks and carrying a float or pit of cow’s milk.

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Parade Float

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Kavadi bearer entering into a trance induced by incessant chanting and drumming

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Young Thaipusam devotee

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Devout pilgrim pulling a chariot with a hook on his skin

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Most pilgrims are dressed in orange, the favorite colour of Lord Murugan and the colour of renunciation

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Young Thaipusam pilgrim shaking her long hair in the water

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Devotee getting the sandalwood paste applied on his body and face

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Shaivite Thaipusam pilgrim wearing a garland of flowers

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Extreme Pearcings

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