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#12326704
3 May 2025
Residents tip an artist from the Satria Cakra Manglayang Foundation who pierces his cheeks and tongue with needles during a performance of the traditional martial art debus in Cileunyi Wetan Village, Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia, on May 3, 2025. Debus is a traditional martial art from Banten that features extreme stunts such as invulnerability to sharp weapons and fire, and combines physical strength with spiritual and mystical elements.
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#12042488
11 February 2025
A Hindu devotee with his face pierced with a metal rod carries a 'kavadi' on his shoulders as he makes his way towards the Batu Caves temple to make offerings during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on February 11, 2025. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community. Devotees pray and make vows, and when the prayers are answered, they fulfill the vows by piercing parts of their body such as their cheeks, tongues, and backs before carrying a 'kavadi' or milk pots on a four-kilometer journey of faith.
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#12042486
11 February 2025
A Malaysian Hindu devotee reacts in a state of trance with his back pierced with hooks before he makes his way towards the Batu Caves temple to make offerings during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on February 11, 2025. Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community. Devotees pray and make vows, and when the prayers are answered, they fulfill the vows by piercing parts of their body such as their cheeks, tongues, and backs before carrying a 'Kavadi' or milk pots on a four-kilometer journey of faith.
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#11020734
24 February 2024
Members of the Dayak tribe from the island of Kalimantan are performing as Tatung, piercing their cheeks with steel rods and scratching various traditional sharp weapons on their bodies during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 24, 2024. Tatung is an ancient art, believed to ward off bad spirits that may affect people's lives, and is part of the Cap Go Meh festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, marking the end of the festivities.
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#11020735
24 February 2024
Members of the Dayak tribe from the island of Kalimantan are performing as Tatung, piercing their cheeks with steel rods and scratching various traditional sharp weapons on their bodies during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 24, 2024. Tatung is an ancient art, believed to ward off bad spirits that may affect people's lives, and is part of the Cap Go Meh festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, marking the end of the festivities.
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#11020737
24 February 2024
Members of the Dayak tribe from the island of Kalimantan are performing as Tatung, piercing their cheeks with steel rods and scratching various traditional sharp weapons on their bodies during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 24, 2024. Tatung is an ancient art, believed to ward off bad spirits that may affect people's lives, and is part of the Cap Go Meh festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, marking the end of the festivities.
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#11020738
24 February 2024
Members of the Dayak tribe from the island of Kalimantan are performing as Tatung, piercing their cheeks with steel rods and scratching various traditional sharp weapons on their bodies during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 24, 2024. Tatung is an ancient art, believed to ward off bad spirits that may affect people's lives, and is part of the Cap Go Meh festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, marking the end of the festivities.
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#11020739
24 February 2024
Members of the Dayak tribe from the island of Kalimantan are performing as Tatung, piercing their cheeks with steel rods and scratching various traditional sharp weapons on their bodies during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 24, 2024. Tatung is an ancient art, believed to ward off bad spirits that may affect people's lives, and is part of the Cap Go Meh festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, marking the end of the festivities.
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#11020742
24 February 2024
Members of the Dayak tribe from the island of Kalimantan are performing as Tatung, piercing their cheeks with steel rods and scratching various traditional sharp weapons on their bodies during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 24, 2024. Tatung is an ancient art, believed to ward off bad spirits that may affect people's lives, and is part of the Cap Go Meh festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, marking the end of the festivities.
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#11020744
24 February 2024
Members of the Dayak tribe from the island of Kalimantan are performing as Tatung, piercing their cheeks with steel rods and scratching various traditional sharp weapons on their bodies during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 24, 2024. Tatung is an ancient art, believed to ward off bad spirits that may affect people's lives, and is part of the Cap Go Meh festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, marking the end of the festivities.
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#11020773
24 February 2024
Members of the Dayak tribe from the island of Kalimantan are performing as Tatung, piercing their cheeks with steel rods and scratching various traditional sharp weapons on their bodies during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 24, 2024. Tatung is an ancient art, believed to ward off bad spirits that may affect people's lives, and is part of the Cap Go Meh festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, marking the end of the festivities.
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#6938236
7 August 2021
Make-up artist apply make-up to a future bride at a wedding and bridal expo in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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#1063569
21 February 2016
An Indonesian ethnic Chinese man gets his cheeks pierced with a skewer during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, 21 February 2016. Chinese-Indonesians across the country celebrated the Cap Go Meh, the 15th day in the first month of the Chinese lunar new year.
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#1063571
21 February 2016
An Indonesian ethnic Chinese man gets his cheeks pierced with a skewer during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, 21 February 2016. Chinese-Indonesians across the country celebrated the Cap Go Meh, the 15th day in the first month of the Chinese lunar new year.
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#1063572
21 February 2016
An Indonesian ethnic Chinese man gets his cheeks pierced with a skewer during the Cap Go Meh celebration in Jakarta, Indonesia, 21 February 2016. Chinese-Indonesians across the country celebrated the Cap Go Meh, the 15th day in the first month of the Chinese lunar new year.
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#1015229
23 January 2016
Devotee with pierced cheek on her cheek makes her way to the sacred Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 23, 2016.
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