markeveleigh posted a photo: One of the freakiest things I’ve ever shot on assignment: Thaipusam festival at a little village outside Melaka yesterday.

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Entranced (literally)

Altai World Photography posted a photo: Thaipusam Festival, George Town, Penang Island, Malaysia

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Kavadi Bearer Dancing While in a Trance-Like State

Thaipusam night (07 Feb 2012) at Batu Caves, Malaysia. Those kavadis were decorated with LED lights. Vetri Vel Muruga.

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Thaipusam 2012 LED Light Kavadi 1/3

Igor Bilić posted a photo: The word Thaipusam is derived from the month name Thai and Pusam, which refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel "spear" so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadam

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Thaipusam hindu festival

Igor Bilić posted a photo: Thaipusam is a hindu festival celebrated mainly by the tamil community. Outside of India, it is celebrated mainly by the Tamil speaking community settled in Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka and elsewhere around the world.

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Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur – Batu Caves

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Forgive me.

Dave and Deb of theplanetd travel to Malaysia to see Thaipusam. A Hindu Festival where people pierce themselves with hooks and spikes.

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Thaipusam Festival

A man enters a trance and gets his cheeks pierced by a spear at the annual Hindu Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hundreds of Tamil Indian-Malaysians participate in the festival each year and pierce their tongues, cheeks or backs as an offering to their god.

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Thaipusam Piercing

Things You Have to See to Believe: Despite gory tongue, cheek and back piercings, participants in the Thaipusam festival in Kuala-Lumpur Malaysia rarely bleed nor feel pain.

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See to Believe: Thaipusam Trance