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Guy with 'knives' on his body?


Can anyone please explain that scene where the guy was lying face down with these knives all over his body. Was he really dead? There was blood pouring down from where these 'knives' (I don't know what to call them) were struck and he didn't look like he was breathing.

However I think it goes against the grain of the film to show a dead man in a sauna. I think those knives are just another form of acupuncture that I've never heard of.

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No, he wasn't dead. The procedure is called fire cupping.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_cupping

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I've definitely never heard of fire-cupping before. That must have been burn marks I was seeing all over his body then. Thanks!!

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There's no fire involved in Finnish cupping - that's blood you saw, not burn marks.

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