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| Tuesday, 6-Feb-2007 15:03 |
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Thaipusam Festival, Batu Caves
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henna...rm5 only !
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check out the sari... nice kan ?!!
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tq sudi pose !
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There more than 550 stalls @ b.caves during thaipusam
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Thaipusam, a day of consecration to the Hindu deity,Lord Murugan
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vel kavadi procession
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this one looks heavy !!!!
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this guy was dancing and laughing..
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carrying kavadi as a form of penance
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the largest Murugan carving in the world !
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cool !!!
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and i saw a monk !!
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and yes, he was going around collecting donation...
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i asked this guy .. "berat tak..??"
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"around 50kg..."
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all sorts of people come to Batu Caves..
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the 3 day festival attraced more than 1.5 million devotees !
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i like the dress..
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pakcik jual apa pakcik ??? tq4posing 4d camera !
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this guy was going around shouting "panas ! panas !!"
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ramai yang datang minta sumbangan ikhlas from the pengunjung..
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i wish i could get into d details of d pintu gerbang...
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the concert was not bad.. i actually enjoyed it !!
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i bump into a bunch of rappers !!
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the police too..!!!!!!!!!!!!
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free massage after the head shave
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plus the kunyit....
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the media was obviously there..
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photographers alike... humm..i need a pair of those..
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i mean the SLR...
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The Indian Dude
The Chinese Monk
the photographer...
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Lord Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (lance) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman.
Devotees prepare for the celebration by cleansing themselves through prayer and fasting. On the day of the festival, devotees will shave their heads undertake a pilgrimage along a set route while engaging in various acts of devotion, notably carrying various types of kavadi (burdens). At its simplest this may entail carrying a pot of milk, but mortification of the flesh by piercing the skin, tongue or cheeks with vel skewers is also common. The most spectacular practice is the vel kavadi, essentially a portable altar up to two meters tall, decorated with peacock feathers and attached to the devotee through 108 vels pierced into the skin on the chest and back. Fire walking and flagellation may also be practiced. It is claimed that devotees are able to enter a trance, feel no pain, do not bleed from their wounds and have no scars left behind. However, some of the more extreme masochistic practices have been criticized as dangerous and contrary to the spirit and intention of Hinduism
The largest Thaipusam celebrations take place in Singapore and Malaysia. The temple at the Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, often attracts over one million devotees and tens of thousands of tourists[citation needed]. The procession to the caves starts at the Maha Mariamman Temple in the heart of the city and proceeds for 15 kilometers to the caves, an 8-hour journey culminating in a flight of 272 steps to the top. In Malaysia, although rare, scenes of people from different ethnic groups and faiths bearing "kavadi" can also be seen
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