Thaipusam Festival: Hindu devotees with incredible piercings celebrate their God of War(VIDEO) 말레이지아 타이푸삼 축제의 끔찍한 피어싱 의식

Thaipusam Festival: Hindu devotees with incredible piercings celebrate their God of War


A Hindu devotee after her tongue is pierced during Thaipusam at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Olivia Harris/ Reuters


말레이지아 쿠알라룸푸르 바투 동굴의 타이푸삼 축제.

의식 중 하나인 끔찍한 피어싱 장면들이 연출된다.


타이푸삼 축제는 남부 인도, 말레이시아, 싱가포르 등에서 무루간 신을 향해 참회와 속죄의 의미로 고행의 행진을 하는 힌두교 축제다.


전쟁의 신 무루간(Murugan)이 어머니 파르바티(Parvati) 여신으로부터 악마를 무찌를 수 있는 창을 하사 받아 어둠의 세력을 무찌른 것을 기념해 금욕적 고행을 행하는 힌두교 축제다. 인도 남부 타밀(Tamil) 지역에서 시작된 타이푸삼은 말레이시아와 싱가포르 등지로 이주한 인도계 타밀 사람들을 중심으로 더욱 확산됐다. 특히 말레이시아의 타이푸삼 축제는 무루간 신을 숭배하는 종교 의식인 동시에 말레이시아 내 인도계 교민들의 문화적 정체성을 드러내주는 민속 행사로서 커다란 가치를 지닌다. 타이푸삼은 어둠을 물리치고 빛이 승리한 것을 축하하는 디왈리(디파발리), 태양신에게 한 해의 추수를 감사드리는 퐁갈(Pongal) 축제와 더불어 말레이시아 힌두교의 3대 축제에 속한다.


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By Alex Wheeler 

January 25, 2016 

Millions of Hindus gathered early on the morning of 24 January for the annual Thaipusam festival – a celebration dedicated to the HIndu god of war, Lord Murugan.


Celebrated mostly by the Tamil community in countries such as Malaysia, India, Singapore and Guadalupe, Thaipusam falls on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai. The festival is a commemoration of the occasion when Parvati – the Hindu goddess of love, fertility and devotion gave Murugan a vel (spear) so that he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. The reason for the Thaipusam festival is to pray to to the god so that bad traits are destroyed.

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A man with his tongue pierced with a trident walks towards the Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival celebrations in Kuala LumpurManan Vatsyayana/ Getty Images
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A man has his tongue pierced, during Thaipusam festival in SingaporeEdgar Su/ Reuters
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A Malaysian Hindu devotee is restrained with hooks pierced into his back as he walks to offer prayers at the Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival celebrations in Kuala LumpurManan Vatsyayana/ Getty Images
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A man with metal hooks attached to his back, walks to Batu Caves during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlivia Harris/ Reuters

The exact date of Thaipusam changes each year in the Gregorian calendar and is based on the full moon day in the month of Thai in the Hindu calendar, with devotees spending at least a month on physical preparation such as living on a strict vegetarian diet for the duration.

The Thaipusam ceremony starts in the early hours of the morning, with worshippers beginning the rituals by cleansing themselves at a river, while thousands – mostly Tamil Indians, carry milk pots and "kavadi" which look like decorated contraptions which they hold on top of the head, as they embrace the skewers and needles that have been pierced into their tongues in preparation for the festival. It is believed that only when the mind is free of material worth and the body free from physical pleasures can a devotee undertake the sacred task without feeling any pain.

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A Malaysian Hindu devotee reacts in a state of trance as she walks towards the Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival celebrations in Kuala LumpurManan Vatsyayana/ Getty Images
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A Malaysian Hindu devotee has small pots hooked on to his back walks up to the Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival celebrations in Kuala LumpurManan Vatsyayana/ Getty Images
Thaipusam 2016   
A man with his tongue pierced with a trident walks towards the Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaManan Vatsyayana/ Getty Images
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A Hindu devotee in a trance during Thaipusam at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlivia Harris/ Reuters
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A devotee waits to have his back pierced during Thaipusam festival in SingaporeEdgar Su/ Reuters
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A man walks towards the Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaManan Vatsyayana/ Getty Images
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An Hindu devotee walks on burning coals to mark the Thaipusam festival in Chennai, IndiaGetty Images
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A young child is washed before beginning his pilgrimage to Batu Caves during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlivia Harris/ Reuters
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A Hindu devotee is seen in a trance before his pilgrimage to Batu Caves during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlivia Harris/ Reuters
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A man walks to Batu Caves during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlivia Harris/ Reuters
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A devotee carries a kavad i–  a ceremonial sacrifice and offering practised by devotees during the worship of Lord Murugan, the Hindu God of War during Thaipusam festival in SingaporeEdgar Su/ Reuters
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Devotees carrying milk pots leave the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple during Thaipusam festival in SingaporeEdgar Su/ Reuters

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A woman showers in turmeric before beginning her pilgrimage to Batu Caves during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlivia Harris/ Reuters
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A man reacts after his cheeks are pierced during Thaipusam at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlivia Harris/ Reuters
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A man dances in a crowd while in a trance, during Thaipusam at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlivia Harris/ Reuters
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A Hindu devotee prays in the shower before beginning his pilgrimage to Batu Caves during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlivia Harris/ Reuters
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A man walks in a trance to Batu Caves during Thaipusam in Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOlivia Harris/ Reuters
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/thaipusam-festival-hindu-devotees-incredible-piercings-celebrate-their-god-war-1539880



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