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Offline bijou

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Hindus in Malaysia mortified their flesh with hooks and spears as they delivered a protest against the government which has imprisoned their popular leaders without charge.

 
Hindu devotees pierced their faces with spears and hung limes and milk from their backs to thank their god for good fortune

With elections in the multi-racial country expected within weeks, ethnic grievances pose a mounting threat to the party that has governed for all of the 50 years since independence.

The annual festival of Thaipusam is big event for Malaysia's two million ethnic Indians, who make up 7 per cent of the population.

Devotees hang limes and pots of milk from hooks in the flesh of their backs, and pierce their faces with spears, to thank the god Murugan for good fortune or ask him to grant their wishes.

This year the festival was marked by boycotts and hunger strikes.

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Now that's what I call a protest



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Re: Hindu festival marked by protest ( DUmmies are never this committed)
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2008, 02:38:31 PM »
Have you been to a protest in San Francisco?  That guy in the photo wouldn't get a second glance.  He be stylin', though.

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Re: Hindu festival marked by protest ( DUmmies are never this committed)
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2008, 03:53:38 PM »
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Hindus in Malaysia mortified their flesh with hooks and spears as they delivered a protest against the government which has imprisoned their popular leaders without charge.
The muslims who imprisoned their leaders will feel sooo guilty now.  ::)
That should do it, thanks guys.