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Also known as fire-walking
thumb|right|260px|Firewalking in Sri Lanka Firewalking is the act of walking barefoot over a bed of hot embers or stones. It has been practiced by many people and cultures in many parts of the world, with the earliest known reference dating from Iron Age India . It is often used as a rite of passage, as a test of strength and courage, and in religion as a test of faith. thumb|260px|Firewalking festival in Japan, 2016
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Within Vinony's link graph, 渡火 is referenced by 502 other articles, and connects out to Guam, Niue and Wallis and Futuna.
Vinony files it under Barefoot, Circus skills and Fire in culture.
Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Article · 中文
踏火，或稱行火路、走火路、行炭路、走炭路、走炭火、走炭火路、踩炭、過火，是一種藉著越過經火燃烧過的物體或火源之上以達成其目的的儀式。該儀式之常見形式為以赤腳踏過一片攤平的灰燼或石頭。 過火的習俗出現於世界各地及各文化之中；其中，已知的最早紀錄出現於（約公元前1200年）。該儀式經常被當作一種通過儀禮，並被用以考驗個體的毅力、勇氣或對於信仰的信心，並具潔淨身心等效果。 現代物理學已對此一現象作出解釋，其結論顯示大多儀式中人們腳部與炭火接觸的時間並不足以造成灼傷，且灰燼也不具良好導熱能力。
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