Stock Photo - CANADA, SCARBOROUGH, 27.07.2013, A Tamil Hindu devotee with facial skewers performs the Kavadi Attam dance while men pull the ropes attached to hooks in the flesh of his back during the Ganesh Chariot Festival. The festival is an occasion for devotees to show the sincerity of their faith by piercing the body and carrying a kavadi, a cage-like structure decorated with peacock feathers. Devotees prepare for the celebration by cleansing themselves through prayer, celibacy and fasting for 11 to 25 days before the festival. During this Tamil religious festival several devotees show their devotion by making offerings and by piercing their flesh with metal hooks and skewers. - 27/07/2013

Stock Photo: CANADA, SCARBOROUGH, 27.07.2013, A Tamil Hindu devotee with facial skewers performs the Kavadi Attam dance while men pull the ropes attached to hooks in the.

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