Fire Walking Ceremony
This ancient Fijian ritual, with origins on the island of Beqa, where legend says the ability was given by a god to the Sawau tribe, is now performed for visitors. Traditionally, the fire walkers must observe two strict taboos for two weeks before a fire walk: They can not have any contact with women and they cannot eat any coconuts. Failure to do so may result in severe burns. When it is performance time, the fire walkers walk single file across a pit of red-hot stones a few meters in length-and, amazingly, their feet are unscathed.