Нестинари - св.св. Коонстантин и Елена
Firewalking is the act of walking barefoot over a bed of hot embers or stones. Firewalking is practised:
1.by a various clans in the Fijian Islands
2.by the followers of Shia sect in Islam on the 9th and 10th days of the Muharram (First Month in the Islamic Calendar), to mourn the death of Hussain Who was the son of Hazrat Ali and Sayyeda Fatima (The daughter of Muhammad)
3.by Eastern Orthodox Christians in parts of Greece ( Anastenaria) and Bulgaria ( nestinarstvo), during some popular religious feastS.
4.by fakirs and similar persons,
5.!Kung Bushmen of the African Kalahari dese
rt have practiced firewalking since their tribal beginnings. (The !Kung use fire in their healing ceremonies.)
6.by (mainly) Hindu Indians in South Asia and their diaspora in South Africa, Malaysia and Singapore who celebrate the Thimithi festival
7.by little girls in Bali in a ceremony called Sanghyang dedari, in which the girls are said to be possessed by beneficent spirits.
8.by Japanese Taoists and Buddhists
9.by tribes throughout Polynesia and documented in scientific journal (with pictures and chants) between 1893-1953 /wikipedia/
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