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)

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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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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).

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candiceecidnac posted a photo: Thaipusam 2012 Early-Morning Temple Prep

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I watched them stick the rod in his tongue

candiceecidnac posted a photo: Thaipusam 2012 Late-Night Walk to the Temple. The little jugs on his stomach are full of milk

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Break Time

Thaipusam (தைப்பூசம்) is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). It is also referred to as Thaipooyam or Thaippooyam in the Malayalam …

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Raman's: Thaipusam – தைப்பூசம் – 07-Feb-2012

Things You Have to See to Believe: Rare ritualistic body mutilations, piercings, and participants deep-in-trance during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala-Lumpur Malaysia.

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See to Believe: Thaipusam Spear Ritual