What is this man doing?

1. dodging a flame thrower;
2. dancing in Jerry Bruckheimer’s “Swan Lake”;
3. taking off with his rocket propelled back pack
4. sacrificing himself by throwing his body on the fire to put it out and save all those people behind him;
5. leaping over fire in an ancient pre-new years (nowrooz) purification rite.

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Chaharshanbeh Suri Tweets

RT @CvvdIran: WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF FIRE! #freeiran #chaharshanbesouri #TheTimeIsNow pic.twitter.com/TPah6ZF51Z

— SaloumehZ (@SaloumehZ) March 18, 2014

Some folks go all out:

Happy #ChaharShanbeSouri ! Beat the dark and enjoy the festival of fire #WednesdayLight ! http://t.co/xw5PzOKaGc pic.twitter.com/r8ibynDGtv

— Safa (@S2M_Safa) March 18, 2014

Chahar Shanbeh Soori hasn't always been about jumping over fire #fireissacred - all about DANCE! #Zoroastrianism pic.twitter.com/oEzOVzRR4R

— Sex and Fessenjoon (@Sex_Fessenjoon) March 18, 2014

Quiz Answers

The answer is (3).

Just kidding, it’s (5). And to be specific, it’s a picture of my Dad jumping over fire in a gardeshe elmi with students to see minAb Dam near Bandar abbAs 28 years ago (1365 ). yAdeshAn be xeyr.  یادشان به خیر

سرخی تو از من زردی من از تو

Here’s more about this great tradition and more about Nowrooz via Fig and Quince.

And now, I must put on my flame retardant clothing, gather up the papers I want to burn, and hit the road.  SiAvash et al, here we come!