Thaipusam body piercing extreme - Video / Audio / MP3

Batu Caves is one of Malaysia's most famous tourist destinations especially for the colourful Thaipusam festival. This attracts up to 1,000,000 devotees and spectators; the highlight is seeing devotees in a trance carry kavadi, a metal frame attached to the body(body piercing extreme).

Other devotees may have their tongues and cheeks pierced with spikes. Some spikes are more like long rods, ten or twelve feet long and as thick as a man's thumb. These are forced through his cheeks and he walks along holding the rod in his teeth, supported on both sides by his hands.

Devotees prepare themselves spiritually with extensive prayer and fasting before performing acts of penance or thanksgiving like carrying a kavadi.

Hindus celebrate Thaipusam on the tenth month of their calendar. It coincides with the full moon at the end of January and beginning of February 'Thai' is the Hindu month which falls between January 15 to February 15 and 'Pusam' refers to a star which is at its brightest during the period of this festival.

Strange things happen in this world and this is for sure one of the very strange stuff. The festival for Taipusam - body piercing extreme - in happen every year and has a lot of surprise.

Unique memorandum to Pak Lah-Video/MP3

The very first unique memorandum to a Prime Minister, Belief it or not, this memorandum qualifies entry into the Malaysian Book of Records. On 04, January 2008, a group of disgruntled young Malaysians today symbolically handed a ‘gift’ (pillow or in malay "bantal") to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to express their disappointment with his administration.- Reported by Malaysiakini -Video/MP3/Audio

Bull Slaugtered at Tenghilan, Sabah-Video/MP3/Audio

A ritual ceremony where a bull will be slaughtered.That is the spirit of sacrificing, not killing innocent bull. Even though, islam slaughter the animals, the muslims still respect the animal.

The Islamic method of slaughtering animals, known as Zabiha has been the object of much criticism from a large number of people. One may consider the following points, which prove that the Zabiha method is not only humane but also scientifically the best:

Islamic method of slaughtering animal

Zakkaytum is a verb derived from the root word Zakah (to purify). Its infinitive is Tazkiyah which means purification. The Islamic mode of slaughtering an animal requires the following conditions to be met:

• Animal should be slaughtered with sharp object (knife) The animal has to be slaughtered with a sharp object (knife) and in a fast way so that the pain of slaughter is minimised.

• Cut wind pipe, throat and vessels of neck-Zabiha is an Arabic word which means ‘slaughtered’. The ‘slaughtering’ is to be done by cutting the throat, windpipe and the blood vessels in the neck causing the animal’s death without cutting the spinal cord.

• Blood should be drained- The blood has to be drained completely before the head is removed. The purpose is to drain out most of the blood which would serve as a good culture medium for micro organisms. The spinal cord must not be cut because the nerve fibres to the heart could be damaged during the process causing cardiac arrest, stagnating the blood in the blood vessels.

Animal does not feel pain, The swift cutting of vessels of the neck disconnects the flow of blood to the nerve of the brain responsible for pain. Thus the animal does not feel pain. While dying, the animal struggles, writhers, shakes and kicks, not due to pain, but due to the contraction and relaxation of the muscles defecient in blood and due to the flow of blood out of the body.-Video/MP3/Audio

Akad Nikah Comedy Acting-Video/MP3/Audio

Here is a funny video of an akad nikah proceeding taking place. This short scenes. akad nikah of a Siamese man (mualaf, newly converted Muslim) who married a Malay lady from Kelantan.

A traditional Malay wedding is full of fun and delights but of course it has to start with the "akad nikah" - the formal contract of marriage or also commonly known as the marriage solemnization or wedding vows.

This marriage contract is an Islamic requirement and that happens when the bridegroom seals the "contract" with either the bride’s father, or an authorised person called "wali" who is either the bride’s male sibling or uncle or very close relative, but nowadays usually the "imam" of the nearby mosque or his authorised deputy.

The wali represents and takes the place of the father of the bride in conducting the akad nikah, and this delegation of duty must first be formally agreed before the akad nikah proceedings. - Video/MP3/Audio