TAIPUSAM, SINGAPORE
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 619638).
Synopsis
Amateur. Hindu religious festival in Singapore.
Women in saris. Crowds gathering. Children with balloons. Some women with flowers in their hair. Holy man bearing a metal frame covered in feathers. Women going to Hindu shrine to pray. CU metal skewers (for boy piercing). Holy man with metal skewers in his skin (obviously in pain). CU pierced skin and piercing - creating a metal lattice work and frame around him. More CU of other holy men similarly pierced. Hindi men and women being blessed with water (?) Parade of holy men in their metal frames. Singapore policemen leading the holy men. Cars driving past parade. Inside hall, holy men dancing around. Men drumming. More crowds - multi-ethnic in nature. Singapore policemen. Sugar cane juice bar.