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Source Loring M. Danforth, Firewalking and religious healing. The Anastenaria of Greece and the American Firewalking Movement, Princeton University Press, Oxford 1989, s. 19.
Original text For a few minutes twenty Anastenarides holding icons, simadia, and icon covers danced barefoot around the fire.
Time/occasion of occurence May (St. Constantine and Helen holiday)
Region of occurence Langada and various Macedonian villages (with Thracian refugees) - Show on map
Function ritual,
Dance name Anastenaria
Symbol in Kinetography score


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