Comparsas (street dances) at the village of Yahuche where people disguise as mythical creatures, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

Dancers in costume at Thangbi Mani Tsechu (festival), Jakar, Bumthang, Chokor Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Traditional Ger dancers at The Maharana's City Palace for annual Hindu Holi Fire Festival by The Zenana Mahal, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Fire Dance, Viti Levu, Fiji, Melanesia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Pacific

Traditional Firedance, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific

Fire Dance, Viti Levu, Fiji, Melanesia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Pacific

A dancer with an animal mask in a trance performing the fire dance on Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Traditional Firedance, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific

Traditional Firedance, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific

Traditional Firedance, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific

Fire Dance, Viti Levu, Fiji, Melanesia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Pacific

Traditional Firedance, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific

Traditional Firedance, Viti Levu, Fiji, South Pacific, Pacific

Local fire dancer in the Matavai Resort, Niue, South Pacific, Pacific

Dancers in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Dancers in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young man limbo dancing, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Fire Dance, Viti Levu, Fiji, Melanesia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Pacific

Fire dance, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fire ritual at chiwang monastery during the mani rimdu festival. these monks circumambulate the pyre after its ignition. one holds a long book wrapped in a felicitous scarf. the purifying fire takes the offering and raises them towards the sky in smoke. the circumambulatory ritual also recalls the way disciples showed respect for the buddhas body. solu khumbu, nepal

Fire Dance performance at Shangri-La Resort, Coral Coast, Viti Levu Island, Fiji.

Tradtional Fijian Warriors portrait in Malolo Island Resort and Likuliku Resort, Mamanucas island group Fiji

Solo Bale, Fire Dance performer at Shangri-La Resort, Coral Coast, Viti Levu Island, Fiji.

Likuliku Lagoon Resort, Five Star Resort, Malolo Island, Mamanucas, Fiji. Lighting fire late in the afternoon.

Likuliku Lagoon Resort, Five Star Resort, Malolo Island, Mamanucas, Fiji. Lighting fire late in the afternoon.

Tradtional Fijian Warrior portrait in Malolo Island Resort and Likuliku Resort, Mamanucas island group Fiji

Baining Fire Dance, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Female limbo dancer, Dinner Show in Harbour Lights Club, Bridgetown, Barbados, Caribbean

Kecak Fire Dance, Pura Uluwatu Temple, Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia

Kecak Fire Dance, Pura Uluwatu Temple, Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia

Afro-Caribbean Limbo dancer, St. Lucia, Caribbean, America

Fire-dancer, Fire-eater Taputo, Tiki Theatre Village, Moorea, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Feuertanz, Poly. Show, Bora-Bora Lagoon Resort Bora-Bora, Franz. Polynesien

Feuertanz, Show, Lagoon Resort, Bora Bora Franzoesisch Polynesien

Fire breather, dancer, Afro-Cubans, Santeria, Havana, Cuba, Central America

Baining Fire Dance, Kokopo, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Oceania

Fire dancer with torches, La Playa, Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Dance kecak of Bali

Theyyam ritual performed in the area of Kannur, Kerala, India.

Theyyam ritual performed in the area of Kannur, Kerala, India.

Traditional dancer with fire torch for tourists at Tiki Village,Moorea French Polynesia

A dancer performs in front of flames during Venice Carnivale.

A dancer uses fire to invoke Chango, an African deity of fire, at a festival of Afro-Cuban Culture in Guanabacoa, Cuba

A dancer uses fire to invoke Chango, an African deity of fire, at a festival of Afro-Cuban Culture in Guanabacoa, Cuba

An Afro-Cuban dancer spitting fire at a festival of Afro-Cuban Culture in Guanabacoa just east of Havana, Cuba