A CHINESE KAVADI CARRIER WITH HIS CHEEKS AND BODY PIERCED BY NEEDLES AND SKEWERS AND THREADED WITH HOOKS. THE PROCESSION STARTS AT THE SRI PERUMAL TEMPLE IN SERANGOON ROAD AND WILL END AT CHETTIARS' TEMPLE, TANK ROAD. THAIPUSAM IS A HINDU FESTIVAL HONORING THE HINDU DEITY LORD MURUGAN TO WHOM SACRIFICES SUCH AS THE ENDURANCE OF PAIN ARE MADE BY THOUSANDS IN SINGAPORE
09/02/1971
PCD0389 - 0060
2003,0621/5/2
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