Festival In Thailand Where One Gets To See Extreme Body Piercing

Posted on October 27, 2008 in Latest News

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There is a very famous piercing festival called Thaipusam that is celebrated by the Hindus in Thailand.

The devotees walk around on the streets carrying milk pots and kavadi (burdens as a sign of penance). There is mortification of flesh through body piercing of the cheeks, chin etc.

There is a devotee who walks around carrying the altar throughout the town, the altars is decorated with peacock feathers and is attached to the piercer’s body through 108 needle like structures pierced through the skin and back.

Not only this, the devotee’s tongue is also pierced with a big rod. This is an act of showing great love and devotion to God.
This is one form of extreme body piercing that one gets to see. Unlike other cultures the piercing done for this festival is purely symbolical of religious intentions.

Different cultures have a different interpretation of body piercing. According to this culture the greater the piercing the more repentant a person is.

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