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Bizarre and painful looking Indian Shiva Ritual

submitted by Farhad2000

1 decade 5 years 6 months ago

Tribals living in a remote village pierce their bodies with iron hooks 90 feet above the ground and hang in air suspended. The villagers perform the ritual to thank Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, for fulfilling their wishes.

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This video has been flagged as being less than 1 minute in length - declared brief by eric3579.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'euronews, nocomment, ritual, india, shiva, hooks, hanging, painful' to 'euronews, nocomment, ritual, india, shiva, hooks, hanging, painful, hinduism' - edited by kronosposeidon

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This *terrible idea brought to you by *RELIGION®. RELIGION® - It isn't just for breakfast anymore.©

Adding video to channels (Religion, Terrible) - requested by kronosposeidon.

turboj0e says...

the tips of those hooks are so dull

Hang in there Baba, Friday's coming!

native americans do something similar.they volunteer to hang themselves from trees in the form of a prayer.sweat lodgoe,three days of prayer and fasting,then hang from hooks attached to trees.ouch

HadouKen24 says...

Just a note.

It's not necessarily all that accurate to refer to Shiva as the Hindu god of destruction. Yes, that's one role Shiva plays, but Shaivites also worship Shiva under many aspects. One of the best known ways of depicting Shiva is as Shiva Nataraja, the Lord of the Dance. His dance, his devotees believe, does not only destroy the world, but continually creates it. Some believe, in fact, that his dance is creation--our existence, along with the existence of everything else, is Shiva's dance.

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