The festival of Thaipusam draws more than 1 million visitors to the Batu Caves just outside Kuala Lumpur. It is an occasion for devotees to pay penance and sees them go to great lengths to make their trip up to the cave temple as tough as possible, piercing their backs with hooks, and their cheeks with spears, carrying heavy Kavadi sometimes many kilometres. It's become a huge tourist draw.

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