Just passing through: A devotee with a skewer through her cheeks in Phuket. — AFP
TAOIST devotees had body parts pierced with objects ranging from skewers to a model ship as Thailand’s Vegetarian Festival returned from a two-year pandemic hiatus.
The annual nine-day celebration honours the “Nine Emperor Gods” and devotees shun animal products while offering their bodies to deities to banish bad luck.
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