Devotees possessed by spirits before face mutilations with skewers at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Locals pierce their cheeks with swords, skewers and even umbrellas before firecracker parade
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Taoist followers walk over hot coals in show of religious devotion
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Devotee joins procession while gigantic skewers stick out of his face during Thai Vegetarian Festival
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Devotees skewer their cheeks with metal spikes at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Street food vendors sell appetizing meat-free meals for Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Possessed spirit mediums pray at shrine before piercing their cheeks with skewers for Thai Vegetarian Festival
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Rowers rescued when boat sinks during race at festival in Thailand
Phetchabun, Thailand #
Frenzied Thai locals jostle to grab ritual food offerings at annual Buddhist festival to honour the dead
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand #Food & Travel
Devotees pierce their faces with skewers at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Taoist devotee rams seven swords through his cheek at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Taoist followers stab guns and bamboo poles through their mouths at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Devotees light firecrackers as they join parade at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Devotees have cheeks pierced with swords and knives at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Phuket, Thailand #Food & Travel
Oarsmen rescued when boat sinks in fast-flowing river during boat race in Thailand
Phetchabun, Thailand #General News
Spectators scream as boat sinks plunging rowers into fast-flowing river in Thailand
Phetchabun, Thailand #General News
Boat sinks during race leaving dozens of rowers floating in Thai river
Phetchabun, Thailand #General News
Chinese Vegetarian Festival starts in Chinatown in Bangkok
Bangkok, Thailand #Food & Travel
Thai locals celebrate annual Vegetarian Festival with meat-free meals
Khon Kaen, Thailand #Food & Travel
ARCHIVE: Hamas celebrates 35th anniversary with festival in Gaza
Gaza #Conflict & Protests