Tongue Piercing, Thai Style

A devotees of the Jui Tui Chinese Shrine has his tongue pierced prior to a street procession at the Vegetarian Festival Saturday in Phuket, Thailand. The annual festival traces its origin back to the early 1800’s when Chinese tin miners and others who had been stricken with disease recovered by adhering to a strict vegetarian diet.  (AP Photo/David Longstreath)