Kecak: Balinese Fire Dancing
What better way to spend the night than with a trance-inducing exorcism dance. It’s 8pm in Ubud and the wind is picking up. Sitting in silence in the grounds of a ruined temple I notice that the dark...
View ArticleHiwatari Matsuri: Mount Takao Fire-Walking Festival, Tokyo
Fire walk with me. A closer look at the spectacular Buddhist purification ceremony held yearly at Mount Takao in Tokyo. Held on the second Sunday of March every year, the hiwatari matsuri or...
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