Yes, to a greater extent than vegetarian festival (and apologies for scary photos)! There is together with then much to encounter during the 10 24-hour interval festival, together with this yr I had my parents visiting - they'd never been hither for the vegetarian festival before, together with wanted to encounter equally much equally possible! On the morning time of Oct 4th, Kathu Shrine was the house to be. We arrived close 6:30am... a chip belatedly genuinely equally the Pb elements of the procession were already starting to exit the shrine for the walk into Phuket Town - close 8km away. Reminder for adjacent year: larn at that spot at 6am. The shrine is solely a few minutes effort from our house. During the festival nosotros tin take away heed music together with firecrackers coming from the shrine every black - equally the crow flies the shrine is solely 1km away. I similar to catch Kathu shrine rather than the large ones inwards Phuket Town. Kathu is rattling much for the local people together with after a few visits people volition recognise you, it's a friendly place. We'd already been for the opening ceremonies together with for an evening street procession before inwards the week.
Most of the actual piercing had already been done. If you lot desire to encounter people getting impaled, you lot cause got to larn upward early! We had seen enough of piercing a few days before at Sam Kong Shrine. We did non cause got together with then much fourth dimension hither at Kathu for photos, the primary procession was already getting educate to depart, though at that spot is no laid divergence fourth dimension - Ma Song amongst pierced faces were heading off inwards their ain time. Kathu is 1 of the few shrines that has woman mortal Ma Song. There are many women inwards the Kathu procession, solely a few are pierced though. This lady inwards pinkish was heading out of the shrine equally nosotros arrived.
Around the grounds exterior the shrine, many pierced faces were to endure seen. The to a greater extent than traditional piercings did appear to endure making a comeback this yr - unproblematic skewers, knives together with shiny metallic rods. H5N1 few participants were however getting the piercing done. When you lot encounter something similar this, it's difficult to expect away!
You tin encounter this guy is pierced amongst multiple metallic spikes each adorned amongst a caput - these are the to a greater extent than traditional piercings. Nearby, a guy amongst slightly larger metallic spikes through his face:
Arriving a trivial after made photography easier, together with it was a brilliant sunny morning time which helped a lot. Some of these photos were taking using a broad angle lens, others amongst a 50mm touchstone lens - the 50mm lens is rattling proficient for portraits together with proficient for depression light, equally it has a maximum aperture of f1.8. With the broad angle you lot demand to larn into rattling closed to the face, similar this one:
H5N1 pace upward from skewers together with metallic spikes, this guy has gone for the swords. You'll honor hands inwards the photos wearing surgical gloves. It does appear a chip gory, but the assistants helping amongst the piercing create by together with large wearable gloves together with at that spot are piles of cotton fiber wool together with tissues to mop upward "spills" - together with I noticed that all the spikes together with swords together with whatever are cleaned amongst alcohol using a swab before the piercings cause got place.
Not everyone goes for the traditional agency piercings. Some people moan that the festival has larn a chip of a freakshow inwards recent years. The younger men peculiarly appear to endure vying amongst each other to larn their photos taken. Festival photos tin endure constitute on websites together with inwards newspapers circular the world, together with the photos chosen for armchair visitors tend to characteristic the to a greater extent than outlandish piercings. Spikes inwards the face, interesting... Gun inwards the face, bingo! You're inwards the paper, mate!
Or how close a pair of ability drills? Good advertising for Bosch? Note - he did non drill the holes. The holes inwards the cheeks are made amongst sharpened spikes first, together with the piercings inserted later. I am certain "drill head" made the paper too!
Enough piercings for this year! There are more photos on Flickr of the morning time at Kathu Shrine. This yr I cause got tried to demo to a greater extent than than only the pierced faces. The festival has a large religious chemical component to it. In every procession, teams of men comport statues of the gods through the streets. The people lining the streets are educate amongst firecrackers, the noise, the smoke, the Ma Song approving the village, it's all designed to cleanse together with select proficient luck. As the gods started to exit the shrine, I ran upward the street a trivial way. When you lot are correct inwards the optic of this, the sense is consummate - the firecracker fume at some points made photos impossible, visibility was zero, together with you lot cause got to endure careful non to inhale also much smoke. H5N1 confront mask is recommended.
I'll larn a novel photographic television set camera onetime before adjacent year, I desire to larn some hard disk drive video, peculiarly of the procession walking through a constant barrage of firecrackers. The photos can't quite capture the audio - if you lot are trying (like me) to cause got a photograph inwards the optic of the procession, it's LOUD! Ear protection is a proficient idea, equally good equally a mask for the smoke... together with don't endure also shocked to larn a child burn downwards hither together with at that spot too!
The procession was heading out through Kathu hamlet together with was all gone past times only after 7am. We heard to a greater extent than firecrackers a few hours later, this would endure the procession coming dorsum into the village. Some of the Ma Song walk both ways - including the winding road some town, that would endure over 15km of walking on a hot morning.. although despite the early on morning time sun, the rains came after that morning. The "unpiercing" is something I cause got non yet seen.. adjacent year... There's 1 to a greater extent than weblog entry to brand from the 2011 festival. The photos inwards a higher house were taken on quaternary October. The final black of the festival was the 5th. In Kathu village, they concur a ceremony called "Bridge Crossing for Purification", together with that volition endure the adjacent weblog entry - guaranteed no piercings or blood inwards that one! :) Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com
Most of the actual piercing had already been done. If you lot desire to encounter people getting impaled, you lot cause got to larn upward early! We had seen enough of piercing a few days before at Sam Kong Shrine. We did non cause got together with then much fourth dimension hither at Kathu for photos, the primary procession was already getting educate to depart, though at that spot is no laid divergence fourth dimension - Ma Song amongst pierced faces were heading off inwards their ain time. Kathu is 1 of the few shrines that has woman mortal Ma Song. There are many women inwards the Kathu procession, solely a few are pierced though. This lady inwards pinkish was heading out of the shrine equally nosotros arrived.
Around the grounds exterior the shrine, many pierced faces were to endure seen. The to a greater extent than traditional piercings did appear to endure making a comeback this yr - unproblematic skewers, knives together with shiny metallic rods. H5N1 few participants were however getting the piercing done. When you lot encounter something similar this, it's difficult to expect away!
You tin encounter this guy is pierced amongst multiple metallic spikes each adorned amongst a caput - these are the to a greater extent than traditional piercings. Nearby, a guy amongst slightly larger metallic spikes through his face:
Arriving a trivial after made photography easier, together with it was a brilliant sunny morning time which helped a lot. Some of these photos were taking using a broad angle lens, others amongst a 50mm touchstone lens - the 50mm lens is rattling proficient for portraits together with proficient for depression light, equally it has a maximum aperture of f1.8. With the broad angle you lot demand to larn into rattling closed to the face, similar this one:
H5N1 pace upward from skewers together with metallic spikes, this guy has gone for the swords. You'll honor hands inwards the photos wearing surgical gloves. It does appear a chip gory, but the assistants helping amongst the piercing create by together with large wearable gloves together with at that spot are piles of cotton fiber wool together with tissues to mop upward "spills" - together with I noticed that all the spikes together with swords together with whatever are cleaned amongst alcohol using a swab before the piercings cause got place.
Not everyone goes for the traditional agency piercings. Some people moan that the festival has larn a chip of a freakshow inwards recent years. The younger men peculiarly appear to endure vying amongst each other to larn their photos taken. Festival photos tin endure constitute on websites together with inwards newspapers circular the world, together with the photos chosen for armchair visitors tend to characteristic the to a greater extent than outlandish piercings. Spikes inwards the face, interesting... Gun inwards the face, bingo! You're inwards the paper, mate!
Or how close a pair of ability drills? Good advertising for Bosch? Note - he did non drill the holes. The holes inwards the cheeks are made amongst sharpened spikes first, together with the piercings inserted later. I am certain "drill head" made the paper too!
Enough piercings for this year! There are more photos on Flickr of the morning time at Kathu Shrine. This yr I cause got tried to demo to a greater extent than than only the pierced faces. The festival has a large religious chemical component to it. In every procession, teams of men comport statues of the gods through the streets. The people lining the streets are educate amongst firecrackers, the noise, the smoke, the Ma Song approving the village, it's all designed to cleanse together with select proficient luck. As the gods started to exit the shrine, I ran upward the street a trivial way. When you lot are correct inwards the optic of this, the sense is consummate - the firecracker fume at some points made photos impossible, visibility was zero, together with you lot cause got to endure careful non to inhale also much smoke. H5N1 confront mask is recommended.
I'll larn a novel photographic television set camera onetime before adjacent year, I desire to larn some hard disk drive video, peculiarly of the procession walking through a constant barrage of firecrackers. The photos can't quite capture the audio - if you lot are trying (like me) to cause got a photograph inwards the optic of the procession, it's LOUD! Ear protection is a proficient idea, equally good equally a mask for the smoke... together with don't endure also shocked to larn a child burn downwards hither together with at that spot too!
The procession was heading out through Kathu hamlet together with was all gone past times only after 7am. We heard to a greater extent than firecrackers a few hours later, this would endure the procession coming dorsum into the village. Some of the Ma Song walk both ways - including the winding road some town, that would endure over 15km of walking on a hot morning.. although despite the early on morning time sun, the rains came after that morning. The "unpiercing" is something I cause got non yet seen.. adjacent year... There's 1 to a greater extent than weblog entry to brand from the 2011 festival. The photos inwards a higher house were taken on quaternary October. The final black of the festival was the 5th. In Kathu village, they concur a ceremony called "Bridge Crossing for Purification", together with that volition endure the adjacent weblog entry - guaranteed no piercings or blood inwards that one! :) Sumber http://jamie-monk.blogspot.com