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Firewalking in Sri Lanka Firewalking is the act of walking barefoot over a bed of hot embers or stones.
Firewalking has been practiced by many people and cultures in all parts of the world, with the earliest known reference dating back to Iron Age India c.
 1200 BC. It is often used as a rite of passage, as a test of an individual's strength and courage, or in religion as a test of one's faith.
Play media Firewalking festival in Japan, 2016 Modern physics has explained the phenomenon, concluding that the amount of time the foot is in contact with the ground is not enough to induce a burn,
combined with the fact that embers are not good conductors of heat.
Walking on fire has existed for several thousand years, with records dating back to 1200 BC. Cultures across the globe use firewalking for rites of healing, initiation, and faith.
Firewalking is also practiced by: Social theorists have long argued that the performance of intensely arousing collective events such as firewalking persists because it serves some basic socialising function,
such as social cohesion, team building, and so on.
Emile Durkheim attributed this effect to the theorized notion of collective effervescence, whereby collective arousal results in a feeling of togetherness and assimilation.
A scientific study conducted during a fire-walking ritual at the village of San Pedro Manrique, Spain, showed synchronized heart rate rhythms between performers of the firewalk and non-performing spectators.
Notably, levels of synchronicity also depended on social proximity.
This research suggests that there is a physiological foundation for collective religious rituals, through the alignment of emotional states, which strengthens group dynamics and forges a common identity amongst participants.
When two bodies of different temper...