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Show Rite of Fire Walkini Still Deep u i Despite Investigations of observers, the famous Tah wulklng ceremony still rem , 1 it! cret of a small company of ! ! the Island of Ralatea, Tallin"5 The ceremony' was given on 1 land recently for the first t," many years and Outsiders v ;i excluded from witnessing of the preparation of the !:: When the proper time J! the celebrants pass through Ti: any bystander asking permit go through beside them wia : comfort. ""H-Outsiders ""H-Outsiders who have passed ,. i thefire say they felt no S(. !, ; heat except on the face awf i when standing outside the r7: made the 'pit difficult to inn Those trying to solve the ?! have pulled out a large stone ttt' . pit .while the .ceremony Wagi "i . ress and thrown it Into a pall 0( p' The water would go up lu 8t also have tried crawling to the mi ' the pit and touching one of the ' stones with the finger. They Wa.' i warded with ugly burns., ' Scientists who have seen the walking have propounded a numb theories, but practical tests ai"' failed to establish such expian-,,". The ceremony, harking al'4; heathen 'times and the worship 0( ii gods, Is frowned on by the mii 'l arles and the Christians mm''' natives. Hence it is seldom "! formed, even in Raiatea, the paJ ; j Its origin. |