Episode 2: Tongue and cheek
Ritual piercings through the cheek and the tongue in Thaipusam
Topics:
add comment
Do you know of any alternative approaches? Are you aware of any similar ones?
You need to be logged in to comment.
comments
Photos from Episode 2
View all photos from an episode
- The Hot Zone 06 July 2008
- World of Pain 13 July 2008
- Healthiest Hearts 20 July 2008
- Jungle Tripping 27 July 2008
Topics on all photos
- flower
- food
- fruit
- episode_1
- hot_zone
- africa
- congo
- jungle
- hut
- handcraft
- build
- trees
- plants
- learning
- teaching
- leaves
- twins
- honey
- hunter
- biaka
- treetop
- vines
- bees
- basket
- roof
- chris
- xand
- doctor
- profile
- camp
- sunlight
- pygmy
- book
- foliage
- monkey
- hunting
- cooking
- fire
- prey
- crocodile
- episode1
- hunters
- baby
- ill
- sick
- mother
- breastfeeding
- tribe
- child
- malaria
- swamp_forest
- river
- motaba
- children
- kids
- dugout
- canoe
- boat
- eating
- cure
- stethoscope
- treatment
- bee
- sting
- swelling
- swollen
- eye
- portrait
- smiling
- drug
- syringe
- heart
- intestine
- india
- asia
- peru
- healer
- piercing
- nepal
- world_of_pain
- himalayas
- mountains
- herbal_medicine
- medicinal_herbs
- meditation
- altitude
- surgery
- amchi
- fingernail
- film_crew
- behind_the_scenes
- mangalore
- federation_of_indian_rationalists
- atheist
- skewer
- cheek
- malaysia
- back
- hook
- kuala_lumpur
- thaipusam
- hindu
- festival
- religion
- ritual
- tongue
- episode_2
- blood
- health
- medicine
- russia
- chukotka
- hunt
- walrus
- healthiest_hearts
- whale
- episode_3
- town
- fish
- picnic
- beach
- camera
- episode_4
- jungle_tripping
- ashaninka
- shaman
- antibiotics
- clinic
- anitbiotics

ditajane says:
21 February | 20:51
this was horrible to watch. not on a squeemish level because i have peirced various bits of my self over the years including my lip. but you really looked like you were about to throw up or pass out. really felt for you!
Rubymaisy says:
23 February | 12:16
Auch! that looks really painful. When I watched this episode I was literally covering my face with a pillow it was so horrible to watch. You must have been in so much pain!!