| HOLY FIREWALKERS Hindus walk over white hot coals in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5386 |
| Catalog #: | 56672 | |
| Clip Number: | 56672-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1509 | |
| Timecode: | 01:54:41 - 01:55:37 | |
| Location: | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1928 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Firewalker LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa RELIGION: Hindu RELIGION: Rituals, Unique | |
| Description: | HOLY FIREWALKERS! (First and Exclusive Pictures) - 2 white men and many Hindus, rendered immune to physical pain by spiritual fervour, cross carpet of burning charcoal unhurt. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. M/S of several men raking over an area of hot coals with sticks. More men stand around and several people watch from outside a fence. M/S of some men carrying a figure of a Hindu god. M/S of a man in decorated head-dress walking calmly across the white hot coals; several more people come running and walking across the coals. M/S of the two white men and two Hindus posing for the camera, wearing coats and robes. | |
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