Photograph of a fire-walking ritual at an outdoor site. A woman in a plain white sari walks barefoot across a long, shallow pit of glowing dark embers and ash, her arms relaxed at her sides. Along both edges of the pit, a crowd of devotees in white clothes stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Several men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while women wear white saris and one wears an orange sari. A bald man in white stands at the right edge with his hands folded, and a tall bamboo pole rests beside the crowd. Behind them are a red-roofed building, palm trees and a red flag on a pole.