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30 Jan 2010 Singapore-Little India
Today was the celebration of Thaipusam, a Tamil-Indian Hindu religious festival, celebrating the day Lord Subramanian received a vel=spear from his mother Parvati. For this festival devotees carry offerings along a pilgrimage walk. Many of these offerings are the so-called vel kavadis , large decorated constructions carried on the shoulders and attached by sharp spears or chains on hooks to the body. Many devotees also pierce their forehead and sometimes cheeks and tongue. This festival is still celebrated in the South of India and in Singapore and Malaysia.
Some devotees pull their kavadis with hooks attached to their backs. And some have many many other piercings as well.
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30 Jan 2010 Singapore-Little India
Today was the celebration of Thaipusam, a Tamil-Indian Hindu religious festival, celebrating the day Lord Subramanian received a vel=spear from his mother Parvati. For this festival devotees carry offerings along a pilgrimage walk. Many of these offerings are the so-called vel kavadis , large decorated constructions carried on the shoulders and attached by sharp spears or chains on hooks to the body. Many devotees also pierce their forehead and sometimes cheeks and tongue. This festival is still celebrated in the South of India and in Singapore and Malaysia.
Some devotees pull their kavadis with hooks attached to their backs. And some have many many other piercings as well.