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A photograph of a fire walking ritual at an outdoor village setting. An older woman with grey hair, wearing a dark navy sweater, a long rudraksha mala and a medallion, and white cloth, walks barefoot across a shallow trench filled with glowing-grey embers and ash. Along both sides of the trench, men in white dhotis and shirts stand barefoot watching, some with red-and-gold shawls. A drummer with a drum is visible at right, and a young boy sits on a man's shoulders in the background. Palm trees, a green-roofed building and a power line appear behind them, and a red date stamp reads 31 12 2005.

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Photograph of a fire-walking ritual at an outdoor village setting. A barefoot elderly man in a white kurta and white dhoti, with a rudraksha mala and white vibhuti marks on his forehead, walks across a long pit of glowing embers and ash lined with raised earth edges. A crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis stands around the pit; one man in a red shawl and gold-bordered cloth reaches toward him. Palm trees, a green-roofed building and a drum player are visible in the background. A small purple emblem sits in the upper right corner.2005-12-31A barefoot man in white shirt, white trousers and a dark rudraksha mala walks across a long pit of glowing embers and ash during a fire walking ritual. Onlookers in white clothes stand along the sandy trench edges, some smiling and pointing, one holding a drum, and a man in white with a red-and-gold shawl stands behind. The pit is lined with dirt walls and a shallow water channel runs along the front. 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