Island of fire, island of healing


Seraphine Ehigue, a visitor from Cameroon, wrapped in linen and undergoing a ‘tuob’, a traditional remedy with smoking charcoal, on Siquijor. — Jes Aznar/The New York Times

IVY Haddon-Silver handed her phone to an onlooker before lowering herself onto a pan of smoking charcoal.

“Can you take a video of me?” she asked, adjusting her sundress near the embers.

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