EditorialThailand: During the annual Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Town, which features various forms of often gruesome self-punishment, four so-called Mah Song or spirit mediums, walk hand-in-hand, sporting iron spokes pierced through their cheeks, with a group o
EditorialThailand: Young Thai men in a procession during the Vegetarian Festival (Nine Emperor Gods Festival) in Phuket Town, ecstatically passing through the haze emanating from exploding firecrackers