Extraordinary scene barefoot on charcoal fire

In a remote mountain area in the district of Ban An, Jinhua city in Zhejiang province, China, people still maintain traditional practices for the season is called "refining fire".

Man naked, barefoot bird whistle shovel coal burning.

The festival was recently held on the evening of 20/11 Song Feng village of Ban An district. Villagers spent hundreds of baskets of coal fire glowing on the ground flat has an area of 10m. 9 healthy men naked and barefoot, long handle shovel and small trees, consecutive whistles into neat piles of coal or cut pile. Then they run around freely on the burning coals of fire staff in the presence of large numbers of villagers as well as tourists visiting.
It is known that the practice "fire training" of its people in order to exorcism, blessing and to show their respects to ancestors. May find this practice has similarities with the festival "fire dance" of Pa Then ethnic province of Ha Giang and Tuyen Quang Vietnam.
According to the conception of the Pa Then, celebrate fire dancing this time to thank heaven, god gave a crop lush and well wishes for a season next year, the fire will bring warmth , dispel the rigors of the coming winter.

This activity is meant exorcise, the devil according to folk traditions.

The son of healthy oracles table after worship applying spiritual teacher will turn to jump into the pile of flaming coal fire flow, they just jump just burrow into the embers hand, still holding the wooden slats thrown around blazing fires around. Even those who are "spiritual" can enter the lot lying on the pile of embers, and can be loaded on a charcoal member into his mouth to chew without leaving an injury.
Every twenty minutes a round dance, dance dance as exciting as the later fire dong.Khi fire decimated, coal has cooled, he shaman ceremony to farewell the "god of fire" and the "spirit" of the place old. Both the shaman and the fire jumped the participants returned to normal.
Pa Then people considered fire dance festival as a game and this game only for boys. Because according to their perceptions, if girls participating will jump fire jump through 7 days and 7 nights without stop.
Some photos of this unique festival:

Extraordinary spectacle of many villagers witnessed.

In addition, this practice also to pray for the new year ...

Expressed her devotion to his ancestors.

A practice with spiritual significance.