Fire Dance Ritual In Bulgaria

 

Nestinarstvo is ancient Bulgarian ritual originally performed in several Bulgarian and Greek-speaking villages in the Strandzha Mountains. It is a unique mixture of Eastern Orthodox beliefs and older pagan traditions from the region. The ritual involves barefoot dancing on smoldering embers. One of the center of the traditional Nestinarstvo is village of Balgari.

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Dancing with the Dead in Madagascar

The Malagasy people of Madagascar believe that the spirits of people who have died won’t join the world of their ancestors until after the body has completely decomposed. To assist the process, families perform a funerary tradition called Famadihana, “the turning of the bones” over the several years after a person has died.

In this tradition, families unearth the bodies of loved ones they’ve lost from family crypts or burial sites and rewrap them in fresh silk burial shrouds, usually once every seven years. Once the body is freshly-wrapped, they will hoist it into the air as a group and dance with it around the tomb. Then they celebrate the reburial, in some cases in a newer, better crypt — one the family wasn’t able to afford at the time of death but can after years have passed.

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Kasodo Ceremony At Mount Bromo Indonesia

Kasodo is an annual ceremony that always held by indigenous communities Tengger. The ceremony is always held annually in December or January. Kasodo or Kasada a gratitude ceremony conducted by the Tengger people to Sang Hyang Widi. With the existence of this ceremony, the people around asking for an abundant harvest and cure for all diseases. On the other hand, they make offerings to the gods were thrown into the crater of Mount Bromo.

Performed the ceremony at midnight to early morning every full moon Kasodo month according to the Javanese calendar.

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Tradition Of Bullfighting In Mexico

For those of you who know bullfighting traditions stemming from the country of Spain that began hundreds of years ago. In the 15th century, when the Spanish set foot in latin countries, this contributed bullfighting tradition carries. Over time, bullfighting can we see in countries of the former Spanish colony in South America, Central America and North America.

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