Why the men of Beqa can walk on white-hot stones — the eel-god's gift (Fiji)

Different Fiji one because the snake-god post made me think of it. Firewalking — vilavilairevo, 'jumping into the oven.' Real ceremony, the Sawau people of Beqa island do it, on hot stones, white-hot, you can feel it from meters back. Tourists see a watered-down version at the hotels now but the gif……