Autumn is coming?

 

Unrelated PS. Greetings from Cambodia where I went for a quick weekend trip.  

Happy piercings

Yesterday and today mark the celebration of Thaipusam festival especially for the Tamil community in this particular corner of the world. How this celebration shows itself to us outsiders is by parades where the devotees perform a dance as a ceremonial worship of Murugan, the Tamil God of War (I thought it was Kratos). Spectacular part of this festival for the participants is to carry a physical burden or kavadi. Typically this burden is either in a form of carrying a pot of milk or going through pretty gruesome piercing of one's skin with sharp skewers. I'd choose the option with milk any day.

See some examples of kavadi bearers from Kuala Lumpur.