Thailand

Blood and blades as Thailand celebrates vegetarian festival

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Sirinnicha Thamapradit is among the mediums who undergo ritual face-piercings during a vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand. The notoriously graphic festival is a major money-maker for the tourist island, but for participants, the ritual is a sacrificial act meant to show devotion and to cleanse the soul.
 

October 11, 2024