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Kavadi bearer cleanses sins without piercings for Thaipusam this year

BY GOH KOK GUAN GEORGE TOWN: Apart from the large, colourful structures carried by the kavadi bearers during the Thaipusam festival, another significant characteristic about these worshippers was the piercings around their body, most notably using skewers or vel spears, symbolising the burdens they carried. However, 2021 is an unprecedented year in which the Thaipusam […]