Devotees of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine reacts as fire crackers explode during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. The festival, featuring face-piercing, spirit mediums and strict vegetarianism celebrates the local Chinese community's belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help them obtain good health and peace of mind. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine walks with guns pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotees of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine sits in a vehicle as knives pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Devotees of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine walks in trance while fire crackers explode during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine walks with guns pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine walks with guns pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A woman stands outside her house to see devotees of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine have knives pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





People pray on the street as they watch devotees of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine prays with people in front of an altar celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine prays with people in front of an altar celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine walks with spikes pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Devotees of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine reacts as fire crackers explode during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine prays with people in front of an altar celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Devotees of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine reacts as fire crackers explode during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Devotees of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine reacts as fire crackers explode during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine have knives pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine sits on the back of a truck with guns pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotees of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine sit on a vehicle as knives pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine walks with spikes pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine walks with spikes pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine walks with spikes pierced through her cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine walks in trance at a shrine during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine have knives pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





A devotee of the Chinese Ban Tha Rue shrine collapses while having plastic rulers pierced through his cheeks during a procession celebrating the annual vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand, October 17, 2015. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)