Worshippers on Thailand's Phuket island have celebrated a nine-day Taoist festival, with many piercing their faces with metal spikes and walking on hot coals to show devotion to deities. PHUKET, ...

As burning incense fills the air, devotees in trances force skewers and swords through their cheeks in ritualistic acts underpinning southern Thailand’s colourful — and seemingly painful — vegetarian ...

If you’re squeamish you may want to look away now. As burning incense fills the air, devotees in trances force skewers and swords through their cheeks as part of a vegetarian festival in Thailand. The ...

As burning incense fills the air, devotees in trances force skewers and swords through their cheeks in ritualistic acts underpinning southern Thailand's colourful -- and seemingly painful -- ...

Devotees parade through the streets with metal spikes piercing their faces for a gruesome ritual in Thailand. Others slice their tongues open with axes in a test of endurance at Phuket’s annual ...

The festival of Gajan is celebrated mostly in the state of West Bengal in eastern India, and coincides with the Bengali New Year. Devotees offer sacrifices and perform acts of devotion during the ...

PHUKET: Worshippers in this island resort province have celebrated a nine-day Taoist festival, with many piercing their faces with metal spikes and walking on hot coals to show devotion to deities.