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Nepal tongue piercing festival

It is believed that after a volunteer from a Shrestha family successfully gets his tongue pierced in a spiritual trance with an iron spike and walks around the town shouldering a round bamboo rack with a flaming torch, it brings good fortune to the villagers.

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Nepal tongue piercing festival

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  1. Jujubhai Bans Shrestha is pictured after getting his tongue pierced with an iron spike during the Tongue Penetration Festival at Bode near Kathmandu April 14, 2012. It is believed that after a volunteer from a Shrestha family successfully gets his tongue pierced in a spiritual trance with an iron spike and walks around the town shouldering a round bamboo rack with a flaming torch, it brings good fortune to the villagers. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

  2. A man checks the tongue of Jujubhai Bans Shrestha (R) after it was pierced with an iron spike during the Tongue Penetration Festival at Bode near Kathmandu April 14, 2012. It is believed that after a volunteer from a Shrestha family successfully gets his tongue pierced in a spiritual trance with an iron spike and walks around the town shouldering a round bamboo rack with a flaming torch, it brings good fortune to the villagers. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

  3. Jujubhai Bans Shrestha greets villagers after getting his tongue pierced with an iron spike during the Tongue Penetration Festival at Bode near Kathmandu April 14, 2012. It is believed that after a volunteer from a Shrestha family successfully gets his tongue pierced in a spiritual trance with an iron spike and walks around the town shouldering a round bamboo rack with a flaming torch, it brings good fortune to the villagers. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

  4. Jujubhai Bans Shrestha (L) gets his tongue pierced with an iron spike during the Tongue Penetration Festival at Bode near Kathmandu April 14, 2012. It is believed that after a volunteer from a Shrestha family successfully gets his tongue pierced in a spiritual trance with an iron spike and walks around the town shouldering a round bamboo rack with flaming torch, it brings good fortune to the villagers. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

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