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Fire walking rites drawn crowds to temple spectacle
A vivid report details a mass religious ritual in Washington DC style with elephants of ritual in East Indiana and Singapore parallels. Devotees including Mindus Chinese and Malays witness barefoot contestants walk on hot embers into a milk pool while priests strike and guide them. Women carry babies and vow to cleanse or heal through pain as offerings and chastity legends unfold amid drums and ritual knives.
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Saneranlite
Washington, D. C
WNU
East
Indiana
New York
Embera
Serangoon Road
Mnan
Moder
Delhi
Draupadi
Duryodhana
Blckery
Puhdle
Duryndhana
Subramanya
Siva
Singapore
Ank Road
Fridge Road
Yawanuker
Sita
Tank Road