Self-Possession

During Phuket's annual Vegetarian Festival, spirit servants undertake extreme tests of faith - piercing themselves with metal skewers, climbing ladders made of razor blades, and cutting themselves with axes - all while in a spiritual trance.

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• self
• possession
• trance
• vegetarian
• festival
• faith
• test
• pierce
• slash
• cut
• skewer
• blood
• ladder
• blade
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[lordofthepies7]

Why couldnt church been this fun when i was growing up?

[TheFunkyBones]

This is EMOFEST!

[1NX9]

@legendray2008

I believe sufis do similar stuff.

[TonyBike100]

What's a job!

[FrostMan92]

hahaha at least they dont wage wars because of religion. (christian,jew,muslim)

[legendray2008]

What is this ?? and where did all this came from ?? who invented this ?

I'd rather be an atheist than doing all these masochistic acts .. pardon me.

Thank God I'm a Muslim (Sunni not Shia's nonsense)

[falconx39]

thanks god for the islam gift

[MalayMusicSt0rage]

this is stupid

[shadowXP6]

this is very crazy

[Shimmerwave]

this is crazy

[9s3t3r7n2m5]

this is crazy.