A group of female devotees attend the fire walking ceremony during celebrations for the vegetarian festival at Sapan Him shrine in Phuket October 2, 2011. The festival celebrates the local Chinese community's belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants, during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, will help them attain good health and a peace of mind. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli (THAILAND - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)