Up to 40,000 tourists and locals came down to witness the Thaipusam precession today in Singapore.
If you haven’t seen it before, it’s not for people who are squirmish about things that look painful/gory.
I won’t claim to know much about this festival, I think this image is of a kavadi bearer with lots of hooks in his skin. Kavadi means ‘burden’.
The annual Tamil festival falls on the full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai. It is celebrated in honour of Lord Subramaniam, also known as Lord Murugan, who represents virtue, youth and power, and is the destroyer of evil. Devotees seek blessings and fulfil their vows by carrying milk pots as offerings or Kavadis.
If interested, you can read more about Thaipusam here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaipusam
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