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18 Apr 2026
Members of the Marma community throw water as part of a ritual symbolizing cleansing, renewal, and transition into the new year during the Songkran water festival in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2026.
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18 Apr 2026
Members of the Marma community throw water as part of a ritual symbolizing cleansing, renewal, and transition into the new year during the Songkran water festival in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2026.
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18 Apr 2026
Members of the Marma community throw water as part of a ritual symbolizing cleansing, renewal, and transition into the new year during the Songkran water festival in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2026.
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18 Apr 2026
Women of the Marma community throw water as part of a ritual symbolizing cleansing, renewal, and transition into the new year during the Songkran water festival in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2026.
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18 Apr 2026
Women of the Marma community throw water as part of a ritual symbolizing cleansing, renewal, and transition into the new year during the Songkran water festival in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2026.
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18 Apr 2026
Women of the Marma community throw water as part of a ritual symbolizing cleansing, renewal, and transition into the new year during the Songkran water festival in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2026.
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18 Apr 2026
Women of the Marma community throw water as part of a ritual symbolizing cleansing, renewal, and transition into the new year during the Songkran water festival in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2026.
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18 Apr 2026
Women of the Marma community throw water as part of a ritual symbolizing cleansing, renewal, and transition into the new year during the Songkran water festival in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2026.
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18 Apr 2026
Women of the Marma community throw water as part of a ritual symbolizing cleansing, renewal, and transition into the new year during the Songkran water festival in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2026.
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18 Apr 2026
Women of the Marma community throw water as part of a ritual symbolizing cleansing, renewal, and transition into the new year during the Songkran water festival in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on April 17, 2026.
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#13587151
17 Apr 2026
MIYAJIMA, JAPAN - APRIL 15: A Yamabushi monk performs a ritual purification over smoldering embers during the Hiwatari Shinji (Fire Walking Ceremony) at Daisho-in Temple on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on April 15, 2026. This final Shugendo rite is performed to sanctify the path before hundreds of devotees follow the monks in walking barefoot across the hot cypress coals.
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#13587147
17 Apr 2026
MIYAJIMA, JAPAN - APRIL 15: Yamabushi monks cast purifying salt over smoldering embers during the Hiwatari Shinji (Fire Walking Ceremony) at Daisho-in Temple on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on April 15, 2026. This final purification ritual, part of the ancient Shugendo tradition, is performed to cleanse the path and protect the participants before they walk barefoot across the hot cypress coals.
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17 Apr 2026
MIYAJIMA, JAPAN - APRIL 15: The Chief Priest of Daisho-in Temple bows before taking the first barefoot steps across smoldering embers as Yamabushi monks blow conch shell trumpets during the Hiwatari Shinji (Fire Walking Ceremony) on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on April 15, 2026. This ancient Shugendo ritual involves traversing a bed of hot cypress coals to pray for spiritual purification, good health, and the fulfillment of worldly desires.
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17 Apr 2026
MIYAJIMA, JAPAN - APRIL 15: The Chief Priest of Daisho-in Temple stands barefoot on smoldering embers while performing a blessing during the Hiwatari Shinji (Fire Walking Ceremony) on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on April 15, 2026. This climactic moment of the ancient Shugendo ritual demonstrates spiritual endurance and the power of purification through fire.
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17 Apr 2026
MIYAJIMA, JAPAN - APRIL 15: Yamabushi monks walk barefoot across smoldering cypress embers during the Hiwatari Shinji (Fire Walking Ceremony) at Daisho-in Temple on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on April 15, 2026. This ancient Shugendo ritual, held biannually in April and November, involves traversing the remains of a sacred pyre to pray for spiritual purification, good health, and the fulfillment of worldly desires.
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#13587152
17 Apr 2026
MIYAJIMA, JAPAN - APRIL 15: Devotees and pilgrims walk barefoot through thick smoke and over smoldering embers during the Hiwatari Shinji (Fire Walking Ceremony) at Daisho-in Temple on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on April 15, 2026. After the ceremony is opened by Shugendo monks, hundreds of laypeople follow the path of hot cypress coals to pray for spiritual purification, good health, and protection from misfortune.
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