Malaysia - Thaipusam Hindu Festival

Malaysia - Thaipusam Hindu Festival. Devotees prepare by cleansing themselves through prayer, fasting and Kavadi (burdens). This may entail piercing skin, tongue or cheeks with vel skewers. Also the vel kavadi; a portable alter two meters tall decorated with peacock feathers and attached to the skin through 108 vels pierced into the chest and back

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