A Child Pierces His Cheeks

A Child Pierces His Cheeks, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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Before the rod enters the cheek it is very important the head be held firmly by another person one wrong move the entire jaw will be torn apart.

For his part the child holds the guy who is holding his head .


First the ah marks are put on both cheeks by Raja the piercer , I have seen kids faint , but they come around and carry the rod in the mouth till the final destination of the Maryamma temple.

A kid that I liked and shot for two years Sairam had not come for this event and he is one person who wont miss this event for his life.

And most of the guys who pierce their cheeks are not Tamils but Maharashtrian lads from Macchimar Colony Mahim.


Raj piercer charges for inserting the rod and for removing it too also there is a rental charge for the rod.