Hindu Ritual Sees Balinese Spearing Daggers Into Their Chests And Necks (PICTURES)

LOOK: Hard As Nails

What did you do this weekend? Whatever it was, it probably wasn't as hardcore as what this lot got up to.

A group of devout Hindus in Bali passed the time by stabbing themselves repeatedly in the neck and chest - all without drawing a drop of blood.

It was no mass brawl though, it's a ritual said to achieve harmony between humans, nature and God.

Grit your teeth and bear it: A devotee prepares to stab himself

Participants used "keris" ceremonial daggers while in a trance-like state during the ceremony of Ngerebong at Petilan temple on Sunday.

Hard as nails.

Villagers Take Part In The Pengerebongan Ritual

Pengerebongan ritual

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