Japanese Devotees Walk Barefoot on Live Coal with Prayers for End to Coronavirus
The festival, called hiwatari matsuri in Japanese, has a history of about 50 years at Mt. Takaosan. The monks set fire to wood and Japanese cypress leaves, creating an intense bonfire.
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Japanese worshippers prayed for the safety of themselves and their families on Sunday by walking barefoot with Buddhist monks over smouldering coals at an annual festival near Mt. Takaosan. The fire-walking was more tense than usual because participants were required to wear masks and maintain social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic. The festival was also limited to 1,000 participants. Last year, it wasn t open to the public because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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At 11:30 a.m. Feb. 24, 1989 fictional FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) drove into the town of Twin Peaks.
Cooper was called in to assist local police, who were trying to determine who killed homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee).
The ABC series spanned two seasons in 1990-91, garnering critical acclaim and numerous awards for its blend of horror, mystery, camp and comedy.
The showâs characters were quirky and eccentric, but a decline in ratings during the second season led to the seriesâ cancelation.
A prequel movie, âTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me,â followed in 1992, and 25 years later, the cult classic show was revived by Showtime with an 18-episode third season.
Ann Craft, co-founder of St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre and director of “Two for the Seesaw,” a co-production with Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, seen here as Lady Capulet in City Repertory Theatre’s production of “Romeo and Juliet.” (Mike Kitaif)
Director Anne Kraft is anxious to see her work on the play “Two for the Seesaw” for the first time, and she knows her two stars, local theater veterans Annie Gaybis and Peter Gutierrez, are anxious to see themselves, too.
Kraft – a St. Augustine resident, co-founder of that city’s Limelight Theatre and a veteran performer with Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre – directed an independent production of that 1958 Broadway play by William Gibson, in which a Nebraska lawyer flees his failing marriage by moving to New York City, where he meets a young, eccentric Jewish dancer.
Horror History: Happy Birthday To My Favorite Filmmaker, David Lynch! By Mike Sprague
Twin Peaks and
Lynch’s debut film is the nightmare caught on camera
Eraserhead. He followed that up with the strange but sweet flick
The Elephant Man. Next came his infamous adaptation of Frank Herbert’s
Dune. Then (one of his) masterpieces, Blue Velvet. Not content with one master work, Lynch next helmed
Wild at Heart with Nic Cage.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me came after that and
Lost Highway wasn’t far behind. Lynch then changed gears to bring us the G-rated Disney drama
The Straight Story. Then came his magnum opus