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Hindu Thaipoosam Kavadi festival - PHOTOS

09 February 2010 [17:38] - TODAY.AZ
Okay, this may not seem like your usual festival, but its really something. Pictures speak for themselves. Take a look.








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A Hindu devotee gets a piercing through his cheeks



Crowds inside the Batu Caves Temple in Malaysia


A man pours water on the head of a devotee during a procession before sunrise


One devotee gets his tongue pierced.. before pulling a three-meter chariot with two huge hooks tied on his back


A man performing an example of Kavadi ('burden'), by attaching hooks to his back, which are then pulled back by a fellow devotee


A pierced devotee during the Thaipoosam Kavadi festivities in South Africa


A man with hooks piercing his back, attached to cups and limes


In Singapore, one man hangs limes from hooks in his chest


A Hindu devotee carries a cage, with metal rods piercing his body, during the Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


A Hindu devotee carries a cage, with metal rods piercing his body, during the Thaipusam festival in Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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