走火仪式，Viti Levu岛，斐济共和国（摄影：James L. Stanfield）

斐济Viti Levu岛，印度教一年一度的走火仪式上：走火者通过扎针等肉体苦修达到身体超越、灵魂净化之目的。他们事先得绝食、祈祷、大海中沐浴，然后在庙内走几次滚烫的炭火——以感谢火之女神Draupathi 赐予他们健康长寿。

The body is transcended and the soul is made pure by mortification of the flesh—including piercings with these needles—in the annual Hindu fire-walking ceremony on Viti Levu Island in Fiji. Fire walkers prepare with fasting, prayer, and bathing in the ocean. At their temple, they may walk over hot coals several times in thanks for blessings of health and long life from the fire goddess Draupathi.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Two Worlds of Fiji,” October 1995, National Geographic magazine)