Malaysian Chinese faith healer Tan Giak Ann prepares before consulting patients at a temple in Kuala Lumpur October 13, 2010. Faith healing continues to find favour in this mainly Muslim country, underscoring the tension between tradition and modernity in Malaysia, a melting pot of Asian cultures with a long history of alternative medicine. Though uncommon, the continued use of exorcists and bomoh, or faith healers, has in part led the government to draft a law to regulate practitioners of traditional and complementary medicine.
Photo taken October 13, 2010. To match Reuters Life! MALAYSIA-FAITH-HEALERS/ REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA - Tags: RELIGION HEALTH SOCIETY)