barefooted men run through burning embers in Kerala, India
  • 205 points Cenachii

    EMBERS?? ARE WE SEEING THE SAME VIDEO MF?

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    26 points eyekunt

    OP clearly don't know the difference

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    16 points orangpelupa

    OP did know how to increase engagement, OTOH 

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    1 points nachoman2750

    😄😄😄

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  • 175 points CountGerhart

    Burning embers? That's a heckin bonfire 😂😂😂

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  • 70 points GS1003724

    They probably do it soaking wet so the water insulates them, although still dumb as fuck.

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  • 42 points sinornithosaurus1000

    There is a sad story of a guy at Burning Man who ran through the literal burning-man and wasn’t seen after that…

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    31 points Accomplished-Bar9105

    So, not quite through then?

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    20 points sinornithosaurus1000

    Some say he’s still running to this day…

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    1 points 420hansolo

    Just like the sky king he's still flying somewhere up there.

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    13 points cupittycakes

    More of "into"

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    2 points Liturgy200

    Into

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    11 points Skankcunt420

    so he was a burning man? he got real meta then

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    3 points kangarooneroo

    He got isekied to hell

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    1 points Vaganhope_UAE

    To shreds you say

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    1 points 1RickSanchez

    But they named the event after him, so his legacy lives on. .

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  • 21 points SunlightWalrus

    and if you trip and fall into the fire?

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    6 points Jon__Snuh

    We call that a “Gollum”.

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  • 15 points weegeeNed

    Cool wet grass, Cool wet grass, Cool wet grass, Cool wet grass, Cool wet grass, Cool wet grass, Cool wet grass, Cool wet grass, Cool wet grass........

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    3 points _HMCB_

    Keep telling yourself that.

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  • 11 points ScreechUrkelle

    Thats not a fire. It’s a pyre!

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    1 points Ok_Search_2371

    Girl, we can’t get much… better.

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  • 15 points kindquail502

    No tv, no internet, gotta do something to pass the time.

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    13 points GraciousPeacock

    How they posting this without TV or internet though 😭

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    8 points _HMCB_

    Hmm. Good point.

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    1 points MercenaryDecision

    Recording technology also exists

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    2 points DisabledTractor

    This is closer to passing away than passing time

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  • 5 points Extension_Form4950

    One slip and it's all over.. 😭😭😭

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  • 5 points goraidders

    Someone needs to look up the definition of embers

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  • 10 points RageBash

    One skip and either dead or scarred/disabled for life...

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  • 6 points Find_another_whey

    The cultural history was actually to purge the body of surface parasites before the marriage ceremony.

    This is how the man would show he is pure, and would not bring harm to the woman through infestation, infection, or weakness of resolution.

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  • 3 points crossal

    Does this burn their body much?

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    3 points BreakfastNext476

    If they had an insulator gel on or were soaking wet before doing so they might be fine'ish. They probably dont and that can cause serious damage

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  • 15 points [deleted]

    [removed]

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    1 points WhyWomenLiveLonger-ModTeam

    This comment was removed because you were being a jerk.

    The WhyWomenLiveLonger-ModTeam account is a bot account. Do not chat or PM them, as the account is not monitored.

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    0 points GraciousPeacock

    Both will purify you!

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  • 4 points outcastreturns

    Just why?

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    6 points sinornithosaurus1000

    When men have too much testosterone they have to burn it off.

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    1 points outcastreturns

    I mean technically speaking they don't have too much testosterone nowadays!

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    3 points MxM111

    Adjusting the precise shade of skin color.

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    2 points _HMCB_

    Someone thumbed u down. I thumbed you up. I saw nothing wrong with your comment.

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  • 5 points Charlie-Woodland

    Anything but shower, huh?

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  • 2 points Scylum

    Fuck that.

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  • 1 points Lower-Wishbone-3249

    Nothing like hot tea shot burning your foot to make you rethink life

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  • 1 points PRwookie

    That's what burger king burgers look like when they go through the broiler.

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  • 1 points Sakul_the_one

    what

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  • 1 points xPhat_Ballz

    This is all UKs fault

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  • 1 points JayCod01

    A razor is cheaper.

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  • 1 points Old-Rice_NotLong4788

    I think at this point they are trying to kill themselves.

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  • 1 points General_Principle_40

    I mean, in a country where most earn in a month that some earn in a hour.. It is a cheap cremation this way i guess?

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  • 1 points MasterMaintenance672

    Burning embers? That's a raging bonfire. Interesting, though. How does the fire not collapse when they run over it?

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  • 0 points Snoo_75138

    "Culture"

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    0 points MercenaryDecision

    This comment is at least 80% racist/xenophobic/both

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  • 0 points jumbo_rawdog

    What a primitive barbaric culture!

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    0 points MercenaryDecision

    Barbarism is when no TV burger

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  • -2 points A_Feltz

    AI?

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    10 points AffectionateBall2412

    No, this is India. You don’t need AI for weird things from India

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