Barefoot Dao men dance on red hot charcoals
Ngoc Bang/VOVworld -
(VOV) - Fire dancing is a typical spiritual culture of Dao ethnic minority people to pray for happiness and bumper crop. Fire dancing festival takes place at night which increases the mysterious and astonishing nuances of the dance on the red hot charcoals.
To begin the festival, the sorcerers practice ritual to pray for the ancestors’ support in the new year. Traditionally, only young men who have been trained hard by the wizards can dance on the red hot charcoals.
Here are photos of the fire dancing in spring 2014 in Nam Det hamlet, Bac Ha district in the northern mountain province of Lao Cai.
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The sorcerers celebrate ceremonies before the fire dancing
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The dancers listen to the sorcerers' pray to enter in fright
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| They fiercely dance on fire without being flared |
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| Each one dances during 3 or 4 minutes, and enters in fright again. |
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| Each one can dance several times to test the force, the ability and the speed. |
This festival is just reserved to the young men and they are always admired and applauded by everyone. |
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In this festival, only men are transferred the strength to get the way to jump into the fire while women and children standing around cheering and shouting.
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| The dance ends when the fire becomes off |
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| It's amazing that their feet are not burned after the dance |
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