BATU CAVES, MALAYSIA – JANUARY 30: A crowd of Hindu devotees inside the Batu Caves Temple during the Thaipusam Hindu festival (also called the Thaipooyam or Thaippooyam festival in Malaysia) on January 30, 2010 in Batu Caves, Malaysia. The festival, attended by around 600,000 people, begins by followers shaving their heads before embarking on a pilgrimage of devotion. Pilgrims engage in acts of devotion along the way, with mortification of the flesh by piercing themselves with vel skewers common. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
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