Steps in the Fire

 

Стьпки в огъня

 

Bulgaria

50’, 2015

DIRECTED BY

AndreyHadjivasilev, MelodyGilbert

SCRIPTWRITER

Andrey Hadjivasilev

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Bojidar Siemeonov

EDITED BY

Vasil Daskalov

PRODUCED BY

Andrey Hadjivasilev

 

A filmevidence of the current status of the custom of nestinarstvo, dancing upon hot embers, as an element of intangible cultural heritage. The ritual practice in a small Bulgarian village reveals the intertwining of pre-Christian, Christianized and Christian elements of religious life.