HINDU FIREWALKING IN NATAL
Firewalking was brought to Natal last century by Tamil-speaking Hindus from the Madras district of south India, whose ancestors had experienced this as part of their village goddess tradition. The festival, traditionally, has an eighteen day preparation period, which begins with an evening flag-hois...
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ASRSA
1990
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 1990, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-33 |
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