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January 16 20112011-01-16January 16 20112011-01-16January 16 20112011-01-16January 16 20112011-01-16January 16 20112011-01-16January 16 20112011-01-16December 09 20062006-12-09A night photograph of a fire walk at a ceremony. A bright bed of glowing embers runs down a dug earthen trench in the centre. A man in white dhoti and kurta with an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala walks across the embers barefoot. Around him, several men in white robes and orange shawls stand with hands folded in reverence, one holding a small object. On the right, a man in a checked shirt and white dhoti stands watching with his hands clasped. The dark background has tall windows and a plain wall.2006-11-22Night photograph of a fire walk preparation at a dirt ground. Several men in plain white dhotis and white kurtas with orange-saffron shawls stand barefoot along the edge of a long excavated trench filled with dark embers or soil. A bamboo pole stands upright at left and a blue hose lies on the ground. Several more white-clad people stand in the background under a dim streetlight. No one is clearly identifiable as a person; figures are shown as devotees and participants.2006-11-22December 09 20062006-12-09A photograph taken at night of a fire walk. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala walks barefoot along a narrow trench of glowing embers. Around him, about seven or eight men in white robes with orange shawls stand at the edges of the trench with their hands pressed together in prayer or watching. A man in a checked shirt and dhoti stands on the right with his hands raised. The ground is bare earth and the background is dark with a window visible at top.2006-11-22January 16 20112011-01-16