our thaipusam experience

can't collage my photos from penang because can't install picasa on this notebook (what kind of lousy notebook are they giving us?), so i post these clips instead.
my brothers and sister's first thaipusam experience. i went once to batu cave on the eve and saw how the kavadi bearers got into trance and pierced those skewers into their bodies. what an eye-opening experience it was. i would say that thaipusam is one of the most interesting festivals celebrated in malaysia.
my siblings and i made our way to lebuh utama where the thaipusam festivities were. aunt and cousin stayed in the hotel. ...actually luckily they did not go. i doubt they could stand the crowd and the heat.
my sister said she had never seen so many indians before in her life. haha....we were pushing and inching along the street, we were some of the few fair faces there.
the coconut throwing scene left us mesmerised for a long time. it was kinda theraupetic seeing it. anyone can just get hold of the coconut to break on the ground. i think it is to get rid of evil and bad luck. the mppp was very efficient in cleaning the smashed coconuts. the mini bulldozers were on standby as soon as the coconuts in one particular area were all smashed.
our night ended before midnight and we were all drained.