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Hole-y ritual: Tamil Hindu devotees skewer flesh during Thaipusam festival

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This is the piercing sight on Tuesday (January 18) at the annual Thaipusam festival celebrated by the Tamil Hindu community where devotees pierce their skin, tongue, and body with a vel, a type of spear, a weapon carried by divine figure Lord Murugan.

This ritualized process is done to absolve believers of sins and misdeeds.

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