Extreme Piercings and Vegetarian Diet: Dive Into the Impressive Taoist Festival in Phuket, Thailand

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Every year, the Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods invades the streets of the Thai seaside resort, transforming the city into a place of worship where extreme mutilations, religious trances and trials of walking on fire can be witnessed.

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A Ma Song practicing self-mutilation, during a Taoist procession, on the occasion of the Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods, in the streets of Phuket, Thailand, on October 27, 2025. PIERRE TERRAZ Rales of pain escape from the Sui Boon Tong temple in the early morning. It is not yet lifted that on the first floor of the religious building dozens of people already tremble with all their body, with revuled eyes. These Ma Song – "horses of the gods",…