VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL
The Associated Press , Phuket, Thailand | Sun, 10/05/2008 11:45 AM | Life
A devotee of the Chinese Shrine Jui Tui, his cheeks pierces with
knives, walks in a procession on Sunday at the Vegetarian
Festival in Phuket, Thailand. The festival celebrates vegetarianism and
calls on devotees through self mortification to purify themselves as
they take on the sins of the community. (AP/David Longstreath)