Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.

GEORGE TOWN: Throngs of devotees from various temples here have gathered to send off the Nine Emperor Gods at end of the festival at the Tow Boe Keong Kew Ong Tai Tay Temple here. The devotees ...

At the ongoing Nine Emperor Gods Festival, vegetarian food and drinks stall holders were found to be openly flouting the rule ...