Thaipusam Festival - fruit hangs from people's backs pierced into the flesh.
Bullfighting at more than 3500 metres above sea level in the Andes.
Between Klaipeda and Vilnius there lays the 'Mecca of Lithuania', the hill of crosses. Attempts to detroy the pilgrimage spot proved the hill of crosses indestructable.
Milk spills out of the milk pots that are being carried as offerings.
A woman is overtaken with emotion/spirituality during Thaipusam and faints. The elder women care for her.
A Hindu man showing his dedication to Murukan with a large piercing through his mouth.
Pulling a heavy chariot to the temple as an offering. A painful looking process.
Young girl takes a nap during the colorful festivities