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Places of worship - Timethi : Walk on Fire

 

 

Places of worship

Church in Curepipe
Notre-Dame de Fatima, in Rivière Noire
Notre-Dame Auxiliatrice, on the seaside in Cap Malheureux

 

Detail of the temple at the entrance of Port-Louis
The temple of Grand Baie
Temple of Rose Hill

 

Small statue of Shiva in Tamarin, on the seaside
Ganesh, on a wall of the temple of Port-Louis
Ganesh, in a small sanctuary on the seaside at Riambel

 

  Photos: I. Bacci

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Timethi
(or Teemeedee)

Chemin-Grenier, January 1997

Procession to the temple

 

On the ground, the embers and ashes...
...where the believers will walk
A ladder made of sharp sabers...

 

...where you climb with barefeet

 

  Photos: I. Bacci

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