The Experience: It's early Sunday morning,Febrary 8th 2009. With camera in hand, I walk toward the market place, the empowering smell of burning incense and inscreasing sound of the rythmic drumming and chanting raises my anticipation to witness Thaipusam in Penang, Malaysia for the first time. As I approach the devotee, his supporters make a clear path for me to observe and record his pain and devotion. To read the full story and view more photographs, please go to www.jpgmag.com/stories/10623 or go to the link here. |