What do you think when you looked at this picture? Where is this place? Why there are so many Indian people there? Is it have any festival held there?
This is Thaipusam Festival. This is HIndu celebration that mostly of Tamil community celebrate it on full month in Tamil month of Thai which is January or February.
Thai + Pusam = Thaipusam
'Thai' is name of full month meanwhile 'Pusam' is name of star. So, they combine it. Thaipusam celebration is for Hindu deity Lord Murugan (youngest son of Shiva and his wife Parvati). It is a day of thanksgiving and paying penance for Lord Murugan.
Don't be shock when you look at that woman. They call it as 'kavadi'. Kavadi itself is a physical burden through which the devotees implore for help from the God Murugan. Regarding on the picture, the woman just wear a simple one. There have more extreme kavadi. They do like that because they implore for help from the God Murugan.
48 days before the celebration usually they will fasting and prayer for cleansing themselves.
