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piercing.
Saturday, February 7, 2009 , 9:16 PM

Thaipusam (Tamil: தைப்பூசம்) is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). It is also referred to as Thaipooyam or Thaippooyam in the Malayalam language. 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.

Source: wikipedia

so, tomorrow will be that day.
siddiq and me will be following Mr Ramesh's family
to cover the whole event for the whole day.
we'll both take pictures and video.

it's been a annual event for me personally,
cos i've been helping to cover the event for 3 years now.
it's really an eye opener to see everyone doing it.

really - if you think piercing is painful enough.
you've got to really see what they go through.
sure, they pray and go on a vegetable diet for a week or so.
sure, they chant and technically go into a "trance" like state.
but i bet there would be some pain involved.
for those who say they wont bleed.
you're wrong. they do bleed.

it's really nice to see the festival.
the colours.
the sights.
the sounds.

although the worst part i think would be,
lugging a big assed video camera
and a dslr
from noon till midnight.
but it's all worth it.

pain is relative.