Looking up at the cross and a statue of the Virgin Mary with the pyre in the background during the Pardon of Fire in the village of St. Jean du Doigt in Brittany, France. A Pardon is a typically Breton form of pilgrimage and one of the most traditional demonstrations of popular Catholicism in Brittany.

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Location: St. Jean du Doigt, Brittany, France
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