This key component of the festival takes the form of ritual dancing to flute music and drums for an abundant harvest of rice crops.

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It is a key component of the festival and takes the form of ritual dancing to flute music and drums for an abundant harvest of rice crops.

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The Nestinarstvo fire-dancing rite is the climax of the annual Panagyr ritual on the feast days of Saints Constantine and Helena (3 and 4 June) in the village of Bulgari, in the Mount Strandzha region of south-east Bulgaria.

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As the auspicious moment for the ritual dip drew closer, sadhus rushed towards the waters, chanting sacred passages, shouting religious slogans and singing and dancing, before throwing themselves into the river.

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