Cattle Run Through Fire In Harvest Festival

To keep their cattle safe… people in Karnataka run them through fire as part of a Makar Sankranti ritual.

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00:00We are taking it across the, over the fire.

00:28This is a transition of two seasons, from winter to summer.

00:58This is a transition of two seasons, from winter to summer.

01:28We are taking it across the, over the fire.

01:58This is a transition of two seasons, from winter to summer.

02:27It is said that scientifically, from winter to summer, there is a lot of bacteria which

02:31germinates in the atmosphere.

02:34So when you cross them, that time it is said, we believe that the cows are protected from

02:43these bacteria.

02:44That is how, that is one of the angles of this particular ritual.