Kavadee Festival Slide Show



Photo © 2005 Zach Sisisky/The Pluralism Project



Caption









PAGE :  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11 
 12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21 

INDEX : 1-11  12-21  All


Back to Mauritius: Hinduism and Religious Pluralism Index

Back to Images page

Other devotees perform other forms of self sacrifice, for example, walking on shoes made of nails or fixing limes and lemons to their bodies using hooks. Devotees often enter into trances and find the strength to continue their sacrifice thanks to the devotional music and the chants and prayers of their families.