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calling for help could be heard from inside. The villagers who braved the flames to rescue them were unharmed, being protected by the saints. Other ethnographers, however, have argued that the
Anastenaria are vestiges of ancient practices of cults of
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animals. The rules about the nature of the beasts to be slain are precise, but differ from village to village. In the evening a fire is lit in an open space, and after dancing for some time in the
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was succeeded only by his or her son or daughter, and only when he or she was too old or ill to continue performing it. The head
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for hours before entering the fire and walking barefoot over the glowing-red coals, unharmed by the fire.
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