ASIAN VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL: DEVOTEES FORCE SWORDS, WORKSHOP TOOLS AND RIFLES THROUGH THEIR OWN CHEEKS
During the 9th lunar month of the Chinese calendar, devotees of the Chinese Shrine of Nine Emperor Gods, use swords, workshop tools, and even sniper rifles to thrust through their cheeks as the grisly Taoist vegetarian festival rolls on across Southeast Asia.
According to Dailymail, Chinese communities in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia abstain from meat, alcohol, and s*x while showing their religious devotion through ritualistic self-mutilation and pain trials.
Photos from the event show followers pierce their bodies with an astonishing array of objects with butchers knives and firearms in the name of purification, while the Malaysian procession depicts devotees impaling their faces with four-metre spears
Blade runner: A devotee of the Nine Emperor Gods pierces knives through his cheeks in a bid to flush evil spirits
That's a mouthful: A man sits with coloured hardware tools thrust through his cheeks to show his religious devotion
Pain for purification: A follower with swords piercing his face takes part in a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival
Sticking to his guns: A devotee of the Chinese Shrine of Nine Emperor Gods marches with a sniper rifle piercing his lip
A devotee of the Chinese Bang Neow shrine with his face pierced with spikes takes part in a procession
Source: Dailymail.co.uk
Photos from the event show followers pierce their bodies with an astonishing array of objects with butchers knives and firearms in the name of purification, while the Malaysian procession depicts devotees impaling their faces with four-metre spears
Blade runner: A devotee of the Nine Emperor Gods pierces knives through his cheeks in a bid to flush evil spirits
That's a mouthful: A man sits with coloured hardware tools thrust through his cheeks to show his religious devotion
Pain for purification: A follower with swords piercing his face takes part in a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival
Sticking to his guns: A devotee of the Chinese Shrine of Nine Emperor Gods marches with a sniper rifle piercing his lip
A devotee of the Chinese Bang Neow shrine with his face pierced with spikes takes part in a procession
Source: Dailymail.co.uk
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