Theemidhi Fire Walking Festival

We went to this event almost a month ago, but better late than never to post about, right? I didn't know before moving here, but Hindus around the world have a major celebration every year known as Deepavali, or the Festival of Lights. The streets around the area here in Singapore known as "Little India" are decorated in banners of bright lights and you will see people everywhere dressed in their finest clothes.

Here's a link to more information about Deepavali: Hindu Festivals. Toward the end of this celebration there is a festival where men will walk barefoot across coals at the Sri Marimman Temple. We were able to go watch with a friend and dragged our poor Olivia with us in the hiking backpack. She is a trooper!

Enjoy the pictures. We couldn't get very close because the crowds were amazingly tight, so a lot of the pictures are of the surrounding festivities versus the actual fire walking.