[PHOTOS] Villagers Partake in a Ceremony Where They Stab Themselves with Daggers in Their Neck Without Drawing a Drop of Blood

Ngerebong ceremony in Bali, Indonesia is more than 100 years old. During the ceremony, worshippers in the deeply religious village of Kesiman dressed in all white with white headdresses costumes gather in Temple of Petilan Pengerebongan for a day-long communion between the Hindu gods, nature and humankind.

Devout pilgrims scream as they plunge their keris daggers into their necks and chests without drawing blood as they work themselves into a mass trance. Women join the gathering, dancing with their eyes shut as traditional musicians play. The images were captured by the award-winning Indonesian photographer Agung Parameswara.

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