Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ceremony of the Fijians in which a number of barefooted men walk over hot stones which fill a large circular pit.
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Examples
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After the fire-walk the feet of the performers are washed and are found to be uninjured.
Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885
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Thus, Mr. Stokes printed in the Indian Antiquary (ii.p. 190) notes of evidence taken at an inquest on a boy of fourteen, who fell during the fire-walk, was burned, and died on that day.
Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878
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The event is full of pageantry and symbolism: processions with religious statues, trumpets sounding before each fire-walk, and three virgins or, these days, three women who are unmarried.
NYT > Global Home By PAM BELLUCK 2011
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This was the moment for Sean McGuire, living up to the background lyrics of the fire-walk:
Homepage 2009
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a letter of a correspondent of d'Alembert, that the Earl met a form of the fire-walk in Spain.
Modern Mythology Andrew Lang 1878
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