Saturday, October 28, 2006

Bloody festival


The festival of vegeterians, which passed in Thailand, draws the inhabitants of the country by the possibility to pouchastvovat' in the tradition of participants to subject itself to the inventive tortures, and tourists by the possibility to take a look with own eyes as the adherents of holiday "decorate" their faces and bodies with extreme piercing.

Participants in the holiday believe that the extreme piercing, walking on the fire and other methods of putting to themselves mutilations will ensure with them the "increased sympathy" of gods. "mazokhisty" participating in the festival consider that the gods will protect believing, that proved their faith thus barbarous, from all misfortunes, scars and deaths from the loss of the blood.

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