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The Nine Emperor Gods Festival

Every Autumn the Chinese community on the island of Phuket hold the The Nine Emperor Gods Festival (Vegetarian Festival). For the 9 day duration of the festival the community abstains from sex, meat, alcohol and tobacco to appease the 9 imperial Gods (that apparently descend to earth) so that they will make for a prosperous year ahead. As you would expect the abstainance drives hundreds of these folks absolutely crazy and gives some of them freakish super powers of being able to walk on hot coals, the ability to drive metal objects through their cheeks without and bathing in hot oil all without any trace of harm. True story. The below are some images from this festival (not recommended for the faint hearted).

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'12' comment(s) have been made
False New Lounger
Hey Suess, I've heard of a Fist full of dynamite but never a mouthful of nine millimetre. Nice shots. Oooh the agony of ecstasy! El Presidente

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:29:33 PM

False New Lounger
I just wonder how they look like after the festival. It'd be interesting to have photos of one of these lads having a good pint of beer... Don't think it'd work though...

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:44:28 AM

True New Lounger
Guest User I just wonder how they look like after the festival. It'd be interesting to have photos of one of these lads having a good pint of beer... Don't think it'd work though...

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:45:03 AM

True New Lounger
Guest User I just wonder how they look like after the festival. It'd be interesting to have photos of one of these lads having a good pint of beer... Don't think it'd work though...

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:45:20 AM

True New Lounger
sorry guys... my computer's not helping too much today

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:46:31 AM

False New Lounger
thats incredible. ...i'm speechlessss.

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:37:03 AM

True Senior Member
why a gun?

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:34:42 PM

True Senior Member
*cringes* The pain! Makes people who whinge about piercings become pussys Power from abstinence? This is news to me lol Horny fucks

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:36:49 AM

False Member
Brutal to the max!!

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:31:44 AM

False Senior Member
errgh. insane

Sat, 16 May 2009 02:46:39 PM

True Member
man wish i was there..

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:00:17 PM

True Senior Member
Jeh-zeus.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:55:18 AM


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