ELECTRIFYING FEET: A Bulgarian girl performs barefoot over smouldering embers during the ancient ritual of fire dancing, Nestinari, at Varvara village, around 450 km southeast of Sofia. The Nestinari dance is one of the most authentic rituals that has its origins in Bulgaria before Christianity. The dancers were abstainers and mediators between the sky and the earth. The prayed for health, prosperity and rich harvest. The fire is lit in the afternoon by the main fire dancer. The dancing itself is performed after sunset to the accompaniment of a drum and bagpipe.
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Nestinari dance on the over 400 deg ะก hot embers,even take them in hands, but after medical tests,their feet show no signs of burned skin at all.It happned that some nestinari fall in the fire, then rise up and continue dancing without any consequences.
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