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Devotees celebrate an annual vegetarian festival in Thailand with face piercings.
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People celebrate the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A woman participates in the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
People attend a ceremony at a shrine, during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community, in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A man gets piercings on his arm during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
People attend a ceremony at a shrine, during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community, in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
People attend a ceremony at a shrine, during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community, in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A man participates in the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
People attend a ceremony at a shrine, during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community, in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A woman with a piercing on her cheek participates in the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022.
People celebrate the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
People attend a ceremony at a shrine, during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community, in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
A man with piercings on his cheek and mouth participates in the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand September 28, 2022.
Devotees wait for the start of the procession before sunrise, during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, at Sapam shrine in Phuket, Thailand
A man walks at the Sapam shrine with piercings on his tongue as a purification ritual during the annual vegetarian festival observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket,