A Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu devotee hangs from hooks on a wooden pole during the annual cart festival at Murugan Hindu Temple in Colombo August 11, 2012. Tamil Hindu devotees push a big cart with the statues of Hindu gods around the city blessing Tamil people, as devotees follow it with pierced hooks through their skin to fulfill their vows to Hindu gods. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (SRI LANKA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A pig's head is displayed for sale at a butcher stall in Havana April 19, 2012. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS FOOD TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Chilean victims of landmines (L-R) Francisco Salvador, 52, Alejandro Cordovez, 52, and Anthony Ahumada ,40, hold up a sign as a show of support for the global campaign "Lend your leg" in Valparaiso city, about 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago, March 13, 2012. The campaign raises awareness and support for victims and calls for the demining of minefields around the world. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez (CHILE - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Women sell beef at the Myitkyina market in the capital city of Kachin State, northern Myanmar February 23, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Detainees are shackled to the bolts in this bench while waiting for their case to be called in Part 31, Room 1333 of the New York State Supreme Court, Criminal Term at 100 Centre Street, in New York, February 3, 2012. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW) 

A Malaysian Hindu devotee walks with his back pierced with hooks attached to ropes during the Thaipusam festival in Georgetown February 7, 2012. Thousands of Hindus, who comprise over eight percent of the 28 million Malaysian population, participate in the annual Thaipusam festival, in which devotees subject themselves to painful rituals in a demonstration of faith and penance, held in honour of Lord Subramaniam, also known as Lord Murugan. REUTERS/Samsul Said (MALAYSIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Mini milk jugs hang on hooks pierced on the back of a devotee during the Thaipusam festival in Singapore February 7, 2012. Thaipusam, a Hindu festival observed on the day of the full moon during the Tamil month of Thai, is celebrated in honour of Lord Murugan. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Riders try to thread a wooden needle through a ring during a horse riding competition as part of the festivities known as the "Marujada" in celebration of St. Benedict, who is also known in Brazil as the "black saint", in Braganca in the northeastern state of Para December 25, 2011. The Marujada began in the 18th century when a group of black slaves were allowed by their owners to form the Fraternity of St. Benedict, and decided to dance through the streets as an expression of their gratitude. REUTERS/Paulo Santos (BRAZIL - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A worker holds on to a crane's hook from inside the top part of a Christmas tree erected in Sidon, southern Lebanon, December 19, 2011. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY) 

A vendor waits for customers at her meat stall inside a market in Nanjing, Jiangsu province December 9, 2011. China's annual inflation rate tumbled in November to 4.2 percent, the lowest level in more than a year, fuelling expectations of further monetary policy easing to combat deteriorating domestic and international economic conditions. The rate has dropped rapidly since hitting a three-year high of 6.5 percent in July and is now at a pace closer to the full-year government target for 2011 of 4 percent. REUTERS/Sean Yong (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A man plays billiard during a regional tournament among disabled persons in the far eastern city of Vladivostok, October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT HEALTH SOCIETY) 

British performance artist Alice Newstead suspends from shark hooks pierced through her back at a cosmetic shop in San Francisco, California August 24, 2011. The act was performed to bring attention to the declining global population of sharks due to demand for shark fin soup and other shark products. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS ODDLY SOCIETY) 

British performance artist Alice Newstead suspends from shark hooks pierced through her back at a cosmetic shop in San Francisco, California August 24, 2011. The act was performed to bring attention to the declining global population of sharks due to demand for shark fin soup and other shark products. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS ODDLY SOCIETY) 

A man is suspended on hooks pierced through his skin at a suspension convention in Tel Aviv July 9, 2011. Some 30 people attended the convention, which offered the chance to be suspended or just watch. Captain Howdy, who organised the event, said the origin of the practice comes from Native American cultures that used to perform body suspensions as a rite of passage. He said the practice has been revived by people prepared to test the limits of mind over matter. Picture taken July 9, 2011. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags: SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Body suspension and modification artist Captain Howdy (R) pierces a man's skin with a hook at a suspension convention in Tel Aviv July 9, 2011. Some 30 people attended the convention, which offered the chance to be suspended or just watch. Captain Howdy, who organised the event, said the origin of the practice comes from Native American cultures that used to perform body suspensions as a rite of passage. He said the practice has been revived by people prepared to test the limits of mind over matter. Picture taken July 9, 2011. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags: SOCIETY) 

British performance artist Alice Newstead hangs from shark fishing hooks pierced through the skin on her back to protest against the slaughtering of sharks for their fins, in Hong Kong June 14, 2011. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ODDLY SOCIETY) 

British performance artist Alice Newstead hangs by shark fishing hooks to protest against the slaughtering of sharks for their fins, in Hong Kong June 14, 2011. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ODDLY SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A man is suspended on hooks pierced through his skin during the International Tattoo Convention in Bogota June 4, 2011. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A man carries a bag of red onions at a main market in Colombo May 24, 2011. Sri Lanka plans to introduce a new inflation index from June to reflect the latest consumption and economic pattern, the state-run Department of Census and Statistics said on Monday. The weights for food items under the new index has been reduced to 41.05 percent from 46.71 percent, while the weight on housing, water, electricity, and gas has increased to 23.74 percent from 18.29 percent, the data seen by Reuters showed. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte (SRI LANKA - Tags: BUSINESS AGRICULTURE FOOD) 

A Hindu devotee hangs from metal hooks pierced through his skin during the "Chadak" ritual at Krishanadevpur village, north of Kolkata April 14, 2011. Hundreds of Hindu devotees attend the ritual, held to worship the Hindu deity of destruction Lord Shiva, on the last day of the Bengali calendar year. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Metal hooks are attached to a Hindu devotee during "Chadak" rituals at Krishanadevpur village, north of Kolkata, April 14, 2011. Hundreds of Hindu devotees attend the ritual, held to worship the Hindu deity of destruction Lord Shiva, on the last day of the Bengali calendar year. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Metal hooks are attached to a Hindu devotee during "Chadak" rituals at Krishanadevpur village, north of Kolkata, April 14, 2011. Hundreds of Hindu devotees attend the ritual, held to worship the Hindu deity of destruction Lord Shiva, on the last day of the Bengali calendar year. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY SPORT MOTOR RACING) 

Brazilian fisherman Jose Alfredo de Souza Costa launches dozens of baited fishhooks tied to a metal bar, while fishing with his nephews offshore of Curuca at the mouth of the Amazon River, February 18, 2011. Jose Alfredo, 31, began fishing for a living at the age of 12 in the region where the Amazon River, with its drainage basin covering about 40 percent of South America, forces a massive plume of freshwater estimated at 20 percent of the world's freshwater entering the oceans, into the Atlantic. Picture taken February 18, 2011. REUTERS/Paulo Santos (BRAZIL - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

Brazilian fisherman Jose Alfredo de Souza Costa (L) and his nephews Ronison (C) and Rainilson prepare bait on a metal bar with dozens of fishhooks attached, offshore of Curuca at the mouth of the Amazon River, February 18, 2011. Jose Alfredo, 31, began fishing for a living at the age of 12 in the region where the Amazon River, with its drainage basin covering about 40 percent of South America, forces a massive plume of freshwater estimated at 20 percent of the world's freshwater entering the oceans, into the Atlantic. Picture taken February 18, 2011. REUTERS/Paulo Santos (BRAZIL - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

A Hindu priest helps a devotee attach his miniature "paal kavadi", or silver pots filled with milk pierced onto his back, before the latter performs his pilgrimage to Batu Caves temple during the Thaipusam festival outside Kuala Lumpur January 20, 2011. The Thaipusam festival, which originated in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and was introduced to Malaysia in the 19th century by immigrant Indian estate workers, is celebrated in honour of Hindu god Lord Murugan. REUTERS/Samsul Said (MALAYSIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A Hindu devotee wearing a pendant of Lord Murugan waits as assistants pierce his body with skewers to wear a kavadi, during the Thaipusam festival in Singapore January 20, 2011.Thaipusam is a Hindu festival observed on the day of the full moon during the Tamil calendar month of Thai, and celebrated in honour of the Hindu god Lord Murugan. The kavadi is a physical burden carried by the devotee during their worship of Lord Murugan and it symbolises a call for help and also a show of gratitude for blessings received from the god. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) 

Veteran Bobby Barrera, Chairman of the Disabled American Veterans, turns the page of his speech during a groundbreaking ceremony for the American Veterans Disabled For Life Memorial in Washington November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) 

A man is suspended on hooks pierced through his skin during the International Tattoo Convention in Bogota June 6, 2010. REUTERS/John Vizcaino (COLOMBIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) 

A Hindu devotee looks on as he gets ready to walk with his Kavadi during Thaipusam festival in Singapore January 30, 2010. Thaipusam, a Hindu festival observed on the day of the full moon during the Tamil month of Thai, is celebrated in honour of Lord Murugan. A Kavadi is the physical burden carried by the devotee during their worship of Lord Murugan and represents the devotee's call for help from the god. REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY RELIGION) 

Trouts are seen with hooks in their mouths after they were caught by a man through a hole in a frozen river in Hwacheon, about 20 km (12 miles) south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, northeast of Seoul January 10, 2010. The annual ice festival expects to see 1,000,000 people attend, which lasts for three weeks from January 9, this year. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) 

SFC Michael A. Schlitz (C), talks with U.S. soldiers at Al Faw Palace in the U.S. Camp Victory in Baghdad, December 28, 2009. Schlitz had 85% burns across his body, lost fingers on his left hand and entire right hand, some vision loss and has limited range of motion. The wounded soldiers returned to Iraq to witness changes that have occurred since their tour of duty. REUTERS/Saad Shalash (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY) 

Two grey partridges hang from a hook before being butchered in Cushendun, Northern Ireland November 5, 2009. After being shot, the partridges are left to hang for several days to allow the meat to mature. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (NORTHERN IRELAND ANIMALS SOCIETY) 

A fisherman prepares his bait at the port in Dellys, some 100 km (62 miles) east of Algiers, August 18, 2009. Dellys fishermen still employ small boats and traditional methods to land their catch. They complain that fish are growing scarce and say help is needed to preserve their livelihoods. Dellys is a small coastal town on the Mediterranean in northern Algeria that was left isolated by a brutal civil conflict during the 1990s. The region's principal activities are fishing and farming. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (ALGERIA)
ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS) 

A woman has her chest tattooed as hooks are pierced through her skin during the 3rd International Tattoo Convention in Bogota August 16, 2009. Reuters/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A man is suspended on hooks pierced through his skin during the 3rd International Tattoo Convention in Bogota August 16, 2009. REUTERS/Fredy Builes (COLOMBIA SOCIETY) 

A boy looks at the pierced back of a Hindu devotee during an annual religious procession called "Shitla Mata" in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh August 16, 2009. Hindu devotees subject themselves to painful rituals during the religious procession to demonstrate their faith and as a penance to the deity at a temple dedicated to the goddess Shitla. REUTERS/Ajay Verma (INDIA SOCIETY RELIGION) 

Chains and hooks are seen in a production hall at Hungarian steel mill DAM in the northeastern city of Miskolc June 25, 2009. Heavy industries across eastern Europe, once the beacons of communist "planned economies", survived the collapse of communism 20 years ago but may not live to see the end of the current economic crisis.Picture taken June 25, 2009. To match feature EUROPE-RUSTBELT REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY BUSINESS) 

A chicken hangs at a butcher shop at a food market in Budapest March 27, 2009. Facing the biggest economic downturn in nearly two decades and a decline in real wages, Hungarians are increasingly turning towards more affordable foodstuffs. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY BUSINESS POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE) 

A man holds fishing hooks removed during surgery from a Loggerhead turtle named 'Mahluf' at a veterinary clinic in Rehovot near Tel Aviv March 12, 2009.REUTERS/Baz Ratner(ISRAEL ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS) 

Hooks are seen pulling on the skin of a devotee during the Thaipusam festival in Singapore February 8, 2009. Thaipusam, a Hindu festival observed on the full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai, is celebrated in honour of Lord Muruga. REUTERS/Joachim Herrmann (SINGAPORE) 

A man with limes hooked into his back carries a "Paal Kavadi", a silver pot filled with milk, during the Thaipusam festival in Singapore February 8, 2009. Thaipusam, a Hindu festival observed on the full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai, is celebrated in honour of Lord Muruga. REUTERS/Tim Chong (SINGAPORE) 

A slaughtered deer are displayed for sale at Chua Huong, or Perfume Pagoda, outside Hanoi February 7, 2009. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM) 

A building crane hangs over a construction site in Almaty January 27, 2009. Dozens of projects in the construction industry have come to a standstill due to a deepening financial crisis. Kazakhstan expects this year's economic growth to stall further as major industries ranging from construction to energy and banking experience lack of financing due to tighter credit conditions. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (KAZAKHSTAN) 

A Hindu devotee carrying a "kavadi", a kind of portable altar, is pictured during a procession of the 'Sri Kamadchi Ambal' temple in Hamm June 15, 2008. The temple started its yearly 10-day festival on Sunday with a parade through the streets of Hamm. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

Hooks to pull a "kavadi", a kind of portable altar, are skewered to the back of a Hindu devotee are pictured at a procession of the 'Sri Kamadchi Ambal' temple in Hamm June 15, 2008. The temple started its yearly 10-day festival on Sunday with a parade through the streets of Hamm. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY) 

A vendor skins dogs at a food market in Nanjing, Jiangsu province June 12, 2008. Dog meat has long been a popular delicacy in China, and is commonly known as "fragrant meat". REUTERS/Sean Yong (CHINA) 

A fisherman looks on as albacore tuna are landed to the port before an auction at the Katsuura Fishing Port in Nachi-Katsuura Town, central Japan June 5, 2008. The Katsuura Fishing Port, one of Japan's prominent ports, is known for the largest catch of fresh tuna in Japan. REUTERS/Issei Kato (JAPAN) 

An Indonesian port worker poses during a break at Jakarta port April 30, 2008. Indonesia's annual inflation in April is likely to accelerate to its highest in more than 18 months due to rising food prices, but analysts doubted the central bank would raise interest rates, a Reuters poll showed. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA) 

A Hindu devotee with a pierced back attends the annual festival of Shiva Gajan on the outskirts of the northeastern Indian city of Siliguri April 13, 2008. Worshippers offer prayers to the Hindu god Shiva to mark the Bengali year-end. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA) 

A worker holds a pulley hook at a ship demolition site in Jakarta March 25, 2008. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA) 

A woman sells pot-stewed ducks and chickens in preparation for the upcoming Lunar New Year in Bangkok's Chinatown February 4, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND) 

Hooks to pull a "kavadi",a kind of portable altar, are skewered to the back of a Hindu devotee as he prepares for the Thaipusam procession at the Sri Srivinasa Perumal Temple in Singapore January 22, 2008. Thaipusam, a Hindu festival observed on the full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai, is celebrated in honour of Lord Muruga. REUTERS/Matthew Lee (SINGAPORE) 

A nurse hangs up bags of donated blood at a blood donation centre in Lucerne, January 10, 2008. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer (SWITZERLAND) 

A nurse hangs up bags of donated blood at a blood donation centre in Lucerne, January 10, 2008. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer (SWITZERLAND) 

A man is suspended on hooks pierced through his skin during the Tattoo Expo in Moscow August 25, 2007. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (RUSSIA) 

Hannibal Helmurto from the Circus of Horrors displays two hooks and ropes attached to his back in Edinburgh, Scotland August 13, 2007, before attempting to break the Guinness World Record of pulling a vehicle. The record for pulling a vehicle is over 100 metres (0.06 mile) which Helmurto broke by pulling the van over 110 metres (0.07 mile). REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN) 

Hannibal Helmurto from the Circus of Horrors displays two hooks attached to his back in Edinburgh, Scotland August 13, 2007, before attempting to break the Guinness World Record of pulling a vehicle. The record for pulling a vehicle is over 100 metres (0.06 mile) which Helmurto broke by pulling the van over 110 metres (0.07 mile). REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN) 

A member of Iran's special police forces checks the cable for hanging Majid Kavousifar and Hossein Kavousifar in Tehran August 2, 2007. Iran hanged Majid and Hossein, the killers of a judge who had jailed several reformist dissidents, before a crowd of hundreds of people on Thursday. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) 

The statue of a forepart of a horse, dated 500-490 B.C., hangs from a crane inside Acropolis museum in Athens July 12, 2007.The statue is among thousands of objects which will be transferred to the newly built Acropolis museum in September. The museum is expected to open in January 2008. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE) 

A child looks at processed chickens displayed at a shop in Dhaka July 10, 2007. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman (BANGLADESH)