Warm Up with Fire Festivals from Around the World

by  Karen Gardiner | Jan 22, 2014
Man's and woman's hands holding Earth
Man's and woman's hands holding Earth / efetova/iStock

Last month we gave you a pictorial run-down of 11 Otherworldly Snow and Ice Festivals Around the Globe. Now, in honor of the brave folks who are dealing with the snow and cold that's cutting directly through the northeast, we bring you another slideshow that's a little toastier: Fire Festivals from Around the World.

Included are festivals from Scotland, to Japan, to Guatemala. A few of these festivals are celebrated to mark the beginning of spring – such as Iran's Sadeh festival, which honors fire and light over darkness. So settle in, warm up, and remind yourself: there are less than 40 days until the end of winter.

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