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Indian Fire Walking Ceremony at the Hindu Temple in Penang, Malaysia.
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Cindie walking to the temple before the festivities begin.
The Indian temple is crowded with worshipers and there is excitement in the air.
Indian women praying to their god.
Indian children posing for a photograph.
Indian families giving offerings of milk to the gods.
The priest is about to go into a trance, the women in yellow are already in a
trance.
These Indian boys have hooks in their flesh with someone else pulling on the
hooks, that has to hurt.
Close up of hooks piercing the flesh, the hooks on top are attached to small
cups with milk in them.
An Indian chariot pulled by scared cows. This chariot is pulled to
through the neighborhoods collecting donations.
This man has pierced hook through his eyebrows, a metal rod through his
mouth and some kind of decoration pierced through his nose.
The hot coals are laid out flat.
Some of these women are in trances, and some are carrying milk on their head.
The priest is getting ready to walk over the hot coals.
This man also helped with the ceremonies, he also walked over the hot coals, the
priest stood on that knife.
These women walked around the hot coals, they didn't fire walk.
This man slowly walks across the hot coals, he is a firewalker.
The priest at the end of the firewalking ceremony, he looks very tired.
This man is getting ready to be a firewalker, he is carrying something really
heavy too.
An amazing sight, a man covered with pierced hooks, he also has a rod pierced
through his mouth, his eyebrows and nose. OUCH
The priest and his assistance walking around the fire one last time, some of
them were firewalkers.
This old man is a firewalker too.
Flowers used in the firewalking ceremony.
Cindie with Indian women at the temple.
The entire temple is in a festive mood with half the temple singing and dancing.
Musicians at the Indian temple with Cindie
The Indian god, it was his birthday and hence the festivities.
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