Bhaktapur, Nepal. 15th Apr, 2017. Buddha Krishna Baga Shrestha travels around the town carrying a round bamboo rack with a flaming torch after getting his tongue pierced with an iron spike during the Tongue Penetration Festival at Bode in Bhaktapur, Nepal. The festival has a belief that the procession after penetrating an iron spike and walking around the town shouldering a round bamboo rack with a flaming torch brings good fortune to the villagers. Credit: Archana Shrestha/Pacific Press /Alamy Live News

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