THE Vegetarian Festival has begun in earnest at Bangkoks Chinatown and more so in Phuket, but just for the heck of being kiasu, Malaysians can say: We have it, too.
Devotees in Phuket temples will be walking on burning coal and piercing their cheeks with long skewers and barbed wire, something our Hindu friends would be familiar with while the Taoists would know it as the Nine Emperor Gods Festival.
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