Hindu Thaipusam festival

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This is a Hindu Thaipusam festival, men engage in various acts of devotion, notably carrying various types of ‘burdens’, in this case the men were hung from frames by hooks thru their skin.

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Size: 3406px × 5128px
Location: On the road from Dambulla to Kandy, Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © matthew rowland-jones / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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