Dead for 45 minutes; an interesting near-death experience

[Little Rik]

What happened when you tried to stick your finger through the guy's skin where the hole should have been?

Next time i go there i will try and then let you know, ok?
Anyway i give you a kudos for asking the silliest question of the year.

[Walking Void]

Make sure You get the person's consent before You touch them, foroMolestatore.

[bennyboy]

What happened when you tried to stick your finger through the guy's skin where the hole should have been?

Next time i go there i will try and then let you know, ok?
Anyway i give you a kudos for asking the silliest question of the year.

Yes, because confirming that an incredible sight isn't just a visual illusion is silly.

[Angrboda]

In Thailand, this festival is called Tesagan Gin Je, the Vegetarian Festival. It is celebrated throughout the entire country, but the festivities are at their height in Phuket, where about 35% of the population is Chinese. It attracts crowds of spectators because of many of the unusual religious rituals that are performed.

In accordance with the traditions, many religious devotees will perform ritualized mutilation upon themselves and one another (with the consent of, context and understanding of all involved and the practice itself) while under a trance-like state, including but not limited to: impaling through cheeks, arms, face, legs, back etc., with everything from as small as syringes to as large as is agreed upon between all members; partial skinning (the skin is not removed, just cut and flipped over); slashing of limbs, chest, stomach and especially tongue with swords, axes and knives; bloodletting; removal of tissue (normally limited to cysts) and intentionally wrapping or standing near fire crackers as they are lit.

This is done without anesthetic, always inside or near the temples surrounded by other devotees with only iodine, petroleum jelly and surgical gloves as precautionary measures. Despite this scenario, many of the same people performing the rituals are also the people who will care for many of the people in their recovery, the actual impaling is done by doctors and physicians in the community, is planned out for weeks if not months in advance and medical teams are present in and around temple grounds for the entire time of the festival, with frequently spectators needing more help then the devotees, who remain in a trance during this process and are monitored through the entire event in case they should drop out of concentration, in which case they are immediately take to medical professionals regardless of the circumstances to minimize post trance bleeding.

To this effect few people ever need to have prolonged medical treatment, and although in the weeks after the festival many people will be seen covered in bandages, scaring is uncommon, stitching, even on individual devotees who impale their cheeks, is rare, and return to daily activity for the devotees occurs shortly after the completion of the ritual, frequently before the festival ends unless performed on the last days, much sooner then before the bandages themselves are removed.

— Wikipedia: enrico Wrote: To practice the real yoga one has got to practice tantric meditation, asanas, vegan or vegetarian diet, and other things that help in the effort to reach the ultimate goal.

The festivals practiced at Phuket and Panang — the Nine Emperor Gods Festival — are a Taoist religious tradition.

Enrico, would you care to guess who converted to Taoism in her teens?

Go Ant, a native of Phuket who has been studying the vegetarian festival for years explains that the beings entering people’s bodies are benevolent gods and goddess from the Chinese pantheon. Those chosen for possession may be men or women, young or old.

[Little Rik]

Enrico, would you care to guess who converted to Taoism in her teens?

[Walking Void]

Is the finger scratching his chin... or is it pointing towards someone?!