Show Rite Ri Rite of 01 Fire Walking i J v S Still tl Deep D M ys cry I Despite In estimations III of competent T i observers ers the fl famous Tahiti fire 1 walking ceremony still remains a n setret se see seeA A tret eret of n a small company compan of natives cs in inE E r the Island of Tahiti The ille ceremony was wa given gl on this Is is' island I III land recently for the he first time In Inmany ninny many years jears and outsiders were not excluded from witnessing an any stage of f the preparation of the fire pit Wl When Mien n the tire proper time comes and the celebrants ts pass pass' through the fire any nn n bv slander bystander asking permission may go through beside them without dis dis- dis comfort Outsiders who have Da passed sed through the fire lire sa say they felt no sensation of ot rent heat except on the face although when standing outside the radiation made the pit dl difficult to approach Those trying to solve sol the m mystery h have ve pulled out a n large stone from the pit while the ceremony was as In progress progress ress and thrown It Into a pall pail of ot water I IThe The water would go up In steam Some I ol also o have tried crawling to the edge of the pit and touching one of tile the white stones with the finger They were rewarded rewarded re reo re- re w warded with ugly burns buns Scientists who have c seen the fire fire- have propounded a n number of theories but practical al tests always tn failed led to establish such explanations iT ceremony harking back to heathen times and the worship of old g gods ds Is frowned on by the tile missionaries mission mission- arles aries and the Christians among the then n natives Hence It Is seldom performed per formed even In the place of its origin |