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Vegetarian Gluttons for Punishment Pursue Pain in Phuket
Last Edited: Friday, 03 Oct 2008, 12:44 PM EDT
Created: Friday, 03 Oct 2008, 12:44 PM EDT


10/03/2008 --
Doctors in Phuket, Thailand, are warning vegetarians at the annual Chinese Vegetarian Festival that piercing their faces with knives, axes, spades and beach umbrellas could expose them to health risks.

Each year, health authorities warn devoted Buddhists that “Ma Song,” the ritualistic self-infliction of pain, could cause HIV/AIDS and hepatitis infections. And every year, adherents walk barefoot over smoldering coals, climb ladders with rungs made of knife blades and bathe in hot oil—all in pursuit of spiritual trance which will earn good luck for themselves and their neighbors.

According to local legend, Ma Song or “entranced horses” possess the bodies of devotees and perform self-torture to absorb the evil from their host bodies to themselves. “Handlers” are assigned to entranced devotees to escort them around town with spears, poles and lanterns protruding from their skin, according to the festival’s Web site, PhuketVegetarian.com.

Celebrants keep a strictly vegetarian or vegan diet for part of all of the 10-day festival to avoid inflicting pain and suffering on any life form, with the exception of themselves.

The Phuket Public Health Office advises adherents to sterilize the instruments before inserting them into the skin and “take steps” to prevent viral and bacterial infection, the Phuket Gazette reports.

“Apart from the risks associated with sharp objects, we are also checking to ensure that proper hygiene is being maintained at food stalls by giving advice to vendors,” the health office told the newspaper. Samples of vegetarian food is inspected for safety, the health office reassures.

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7572120&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.4.1

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Vegetarian Gluttons for Punishment Pursue Pain in Phuket
Last Edited: Friday, 03 Oct 2008, 12:44 PM EDT
Created: Friday, 03 Oct 2008, 12:44 PM EDT


10/03/2008 --
Doctors in Phuket, Thailand, are warning vegetarians at the annual Chinese Vegetarian Festival that piercing their faces with knives, axes, spades and beach umbrellas could expose them to health risks.

Each year, health authorities warn devoted Buddhists that “Ma Song,” the ritualistic self-infliction of pain, could cause HIV/AIDS and hepatitis infections. And every year, adherents walk barefoot over smoldering coals, climb ladders with rungs made of knife blades and bathe in hot oil—all in pursuit of spiritual trance which will earn good luck for themselves and their neighbors.

According to local legend, Ma Song or “entranced horses” possess the bodies of devotees and perform self-torture to absorb the evil from their host bodies to themselves. “Handlers” are assigned to entranced devotees to escort them around town with spears, poles and lanterns protruding from their skin, according to the festival’s Web site, PhuketVegetarian.com.

Celebrants keep a strictly vegetarian or vegan diet for part of all of the 10-day festival to avoid inflicting pain and suffering on any life form, with the exception of themselves.

The Phuket Public Health Office advises adherents to sterilize the instruments before inserting them into the skin and “take steps” to prevent viral and bacterial infection, the Phuket Gazette reports.

“Apart from the risks associated with sharp objects, we are also checking to ensure that proper hygiene is being maintained at food stalls by giving advice to vendors,” the health office told the newspaper. Samples of vegetarian food is inspected for safety, the health office reassures.

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7572120&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.4.1



O2S, WHYdid you post this, LOL....Now I'm gonna have nightmares, :biggrin:...Sorry but I think that is just plain nuts, hehehe

[One2Snoop]

O2S, WHYdid you post this, LOL....Now I'm gonna have nightmares, :biggrin:...Sorry but I think that is just plain nuts, hehehe

LOL :tongue: Sorry! :D

[susie31023]

LOL :tongue: Sorry! :D

LOL, Now watch some kid is gonna want to have this and call it a piercing. can we say GROSS?...LOL I'm gonna see this for the rest of my life:eek:, O2S, hehehehe

[SaraSidle]

LOL, Now watch some kid is gonna want to have this and call it a piercing. can we say GROSS?...LOL I'm gonna see this for the rest of my life:eek:, O2S, hehehehe

It reminds me of one of my old boyfriends..............:eek:

[Fish Face Frank]

I do that when I'm bored.

[soccermom]

It reminds me of one of my old boyfriends..............:eek:

LOL!!!!:biggrin:

I guess he had nothing better to do:tongue:

[SaraSidle]

LOL!!!!:biggrin:

I guess he had nothing better to do:tongue:

Well see he could chew more that way.......

[Redmama]

Hmmmmmmmm - I'm thinking if you took your time and put them in reeeeeeal slooooooooooow...it wouldn't hurt so bad - yeah right.

[SaraSidle]

Hmmmmmmmm - I'm thinking if you took your time and put them in reeeeeeal slooooooooooow...it wouldn't hurt so bad - yeah right.

Well if you did it real fast it might not hurt so much but it might bleed a lot. If you did it slow it would hurt like he77 but much less blood........IMO:cool:

[susie31023]

Well if you did it real fast it might not hurt so much but it might bleed a lot. If you did it slow it would hurt like he77 but much less blood........IMO:cool:

My question is if you got a big dang whole in your mouth how do you keep your food in, hehehehe...Remember JB left me without food,:eek: sooooo thats all I think about now, I really have to make him be more thoughtful :rose:of me, hehehehehe:biggrin:

[Super Volcano]

Well if you did it real fast it might not hurt so much but it might bleed a lot. If you did it slow it would hurt like he77 but much less blood........IMO:cool:

Groty!!!! Imagine the ugly scar that would leave on his face, that is if he lives past the age of 15 (or so). Just accidentally nicking my face with my fingernail, etc. hurts!!! How is he going to drink anything without it all leaking out???? SICK OUT!!!!:eek:

[Super Volcano]

I do that when I'm bored.

LOL!!! I'm sure your fiance gets turned on by it...(j/k):D

[susie31023]

LOL!!! I'm sure your fiance gets turned on by it...(j/k):D

All I can say is he's got one heck of a fiance, hehehehe j/k Frank.:biggrin:

[SaraSidle]

All I can say is he's got one heck of a fiance, hehehehe j/k Frank.:biggrin:

yeah but it is much easier on Frank to put a fish through his face that way.
my boyfriend always put his hand up to his cheek when he was chewing. That way people thought he was just deep in thought..........sara

SV he does it once a year same place. people call him chewhole chet..........

[susie31023]

yeah but it is much easier on Frank to put a fish through his face that way.
my boyfriend always put his hand up to his cheek when he was chewing. That way people thought he was just deep in thought..........sara

SV he does it once a year same place. people call him chewhole chet..........



I guess you have a point about Frank..I still love that Avatar, lol:biggrin:

[SaraSidle]

I guess you have a point about Frank..I still love that Avatar, lol:biggrin:

Yes I fear he is going to get tired of it. and I love it too:biggrin:

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Vegetarian Gluttons for Punishment Pursue Pain in Phuket
Last Edited: Friday, 03 Oct 2008, 12:44 PM EDT
Created: Friday, 03 Oct 2008, 12:44 PM EDT


10/03/2008 --
Doctors in Phuket, Thailand, are warning vegetarians at the annual Chinese Vegetarian Festival that piercing their faces with knives, axes, spades and beach umbrellas could expose them to health risks.

Each year, health authorities warn devoted Buddhists that “Ma Song,” the ritualistic self-infliction of pain, could cause HIV/AIDS and hepatitis infections. And every year, adherents walk barefoot over smoldering coals, climb ladders with rungs made of knife blades and bathe in hot oil—all in pursuit of spiritual trance which will earn good luck for themselves and their neighbors.

According to local legend, Ma Song or “entranced horses” possess the bodies of devotees and perform self-torture to absorb the evil from their host bodies to themselves. “Handlers” are assigned to entranced devotees to escort them around town with spears, poles and lanterns protruding from their skin, according to the festival’s Web site, PhuketVegetarian.com.

Celebrants keep a strictly vegetarian or vegan diet for part of all of the 10-day festival to avoid inflicting pain and suffering on any life form, with the exception of themselves.

The Phuket Public Health Office advises adherents to sterilize the instruments before inserting them into the skin and “take steps” to prevent viral and bacterial infection, the Phuket Gazette reports.

“Apart from the risks associated with sharp objects, we are also checking to ensure that proper hygiene is being maintained at food stalls by giving advice to vendors,” the health office told the newspaper. Samples of vegetarian food is inspected for safety, the health office reassures.

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7572120&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.4.1

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[WarmNCozy]

The comments back and forth have given me such laughter that I needed today. Thanks.

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