Fiery test of spiritual faith


(Clockwise from top) Helpers preparing the hot pit for the fire-walking ceremony; Chinese opera performers in action during the prayer session before the fire-walking ceremony on the seventh night of the Nine Emperor Gods Festival; devotees turning up in full force to offer prayers and take part in the festivities at the Tow Boo Kong Temple in Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth.Photos:CHARLES MARIASOOSAY and LO TERN CHERN/The Star

HUNDREDS of devotees took a faithful walk across fiery-hot coals during the fire-walking ceremony at the Tow Boo Kong Temple in Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth.

Among those who took part in the daring feat was eleven-year-old Corinne Teoh Kher Shin.

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