Fire & Faith: Thousands Participate in Singapore’s Theemithi Fire-Walking Festival
Every year, Vietnamese-style rituals or scenes from myth fade into the sounds of chanting, smoke, and heat — and in Singapore, the Theemithi fire-walking festival at Sri Mariamman Temple remains one of the most vivid displays of devotion. This year, for the first time since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of devotees once … Read more