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Devotees At Thai Vegetarian Festival Slash Their Faces With Guns And Parasols by RoyalBlak007: 1:49pm On Oct 05, 2019 |
Nine Emperor Gods festival in Phuket sees Taoist worshippers undergo extreme facial mutilations. Vegetarian Festival takes place for nine days across Thai holiday island from start of ninth lunar month. Devotees push swords, knives and even badminton rackets through their cheeks in the ritualised impaling. The macabre event in Phuket dates back to 1825 when grave illness struck a visiting opera troupe from China. They stopped eating meat, supposedly curing their entourage which is why the festival is celebrated today. Taoist worshippers impaled their faces with an array of odd objects - including swords and flower stems - during an annual vegetarian festival on the Thai island of Phuket. Many devotees attending the Nine Emperor Gods festival, which is celebrated for nine days on the first evening of the ninth Chinese Lunar month, slash themselves with swords and pierce their cheeks with sharp skewers for the festival. They also commit other painful acts like walking over burning coals to prove their devotion. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7540733/Gruesome-images-Thai-devotees-impale-cheeks.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline lalasticlala |
Re: Devotees At Thai Vegetarian Festival Slash Their Faces With Guns And Parasols by RoyalBlak007: 1:50pm On Oct 05, 2019 |
A Taoist man slashes six knives through his cheek for the religious event, which is also known as the Nine Emperor Gods festival |
Re: Devotees At Thai Vegetarian Festival Slash Their Faces With Guns And Parasols by Vendee: 1:51pm On Oct 05, 2019 |
Abeg, is this real? |
Re: Devotees At Thai Vegetarian Festival Slash Their Faces With Guns And Parasols by RoyalBlak007: 1:52pm On Oct 05, 2019 |
A devotee of the Chinese Jui Tui shrine with his face pierced with guns take part in a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket Island |
Re: Devotees At Thai Vegetarian Festival Slash Their Faces With Guns And Parasols by RoyalBlak007: 1:54pm On Oct 05, 2019 |
The streets were alive as firecrackers exploded and traditional music blared from speakers. A man can be seen above making laceration on his tongue with an axe
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Re: Devotees At Thai Vegetarian Festival Slash Their Faces With Guns And Parasols by drips8(m): 1:55pm On Oct 05, 2019 |
Weird cultures everywhere |
Re: Devotees At Thai Vegetarian Festival Slash Their Faces With Guns And Parasols by RoyalBlak007: 1:55pm On Oct 05, 2019 |
Devotees of the Chinese Jui Tui shrine with his face pierced with chain take part in a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket Island
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Re: Devotees At Thai Vegetarian Festival Slash Their Faces With Guns And Parasols by NaijaCuzin: 5:01pm On Apr 06, 2020 |
very bad. 1 Like |
Re: Devotees At Thai Vegetarian Festival Slash Their Faces With Guns And Parasols by starbuck(f): 5:06pm On Apr 06, 2020 |
These are the people that needs to submit themselves as Guinea pigs for COVID-19 vaccine since they don't value or love their bodies 1 Like |
Re: Devotees At Thai Vegetarian Festival Slash Their Faces With Guns And Parasols by Johnames: 7:46am On Apr 07, 2020 |
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