VOICED: Extreme piercing for purity in Thai vegetarian festival

The video explores the Puckette Vegetarian Festival, a ritual involving extreme piercings and firewalking to honor the nine Chinese emperor gods. The festival, with a history of nearly 200 years, began when a Chinese opera group adopted a vegetarian diet to cure malaria. Devotees perform acts of self-mortification, believed to cleanse the community of bad luck. The festival includes parades with firecrackers, symbolizing purification.

Describe the actions taken by the religious leaders during the festival.

What are the requirements for participants to walk across the burning coal?