Kavadi maker Shashikumar Suppiah fixing a foam cutout of a peacock to a kavadi for Thaipusam. Pix taken on 14/01/16. (CHARLES MARIASOOSAY/ The Star/14/ January 2016).
GEORGE TOWN: As a Form Five student in 1994, Shashikumar Suppiah started making kavadi part time to earn some money, but today this passion has become his livelihood.
The 41-year-old decided to go full time after he suffered a heart attack last June and was asked to “take it easy”.
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