martes, 2 de diciembre de 2014

Thaipusam: A Hindu festival in Malaysia


The Thaipusam is celebrated in several cities in Malaysia, especially in Kuala Lumpur, the capital, which gathers around a million people to give thanks and show your appreciation to Murugan son of Lord Shiva. The most impressive festival is part of flagellation in which participants most devoted cheeks and tongue with small iron bars are drilled and hooks dig into the body (with which even pull carts) without apparent pain without just bleed. Besides these piercings also carry over iron structures with figures or symbols of gods above (called Kavadi) weighing tens of kilograms and are nailed to the body.
Kavadi Each carrier has a group of assistants that follow, you are encouraged and dance beside her. They say no pain thanks to state of trance found after preparation by which participants must pass, two days fasting, meditating and praying before beginning the ceremony.

The piercings, facts on the tongue and in the mouth, is to show that the pilgrim has temporarily given up the ability to speak to concentrate on their god and show how they have left their fate in their hands to protect you from feeling any pain or bleeding. Also to remind of transience or temporality of the physical body in contrast to the permanent spiritual life of truth. Your goal is to escape from this cycle to reach the spiritual universe.


The pilgrimage ends once they reach the Batu Cave (on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur) and do their last dance with the energies that make them fit after hard day. Now they are ready to return to their daily lives and try to consolidate the lessons learned during the ceremony.


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