And from that large candle, we all lit our own individual candles, passing the light from one to another.
Flash candling (passing the eggs over a strong light source) detects any abnormalities such as cracked eggs and eggs containing blood spots or other defects.
The apparently bodiless being of a candle flame, passing constantly into nothingness, warms the faces that it shines on.
The day before the Orthodox Easter Sunday, thousands of pilgrims pack around the tomb to witness the Miracle of Holy Fire, in which lit candles are passed through the dense crowds in a highly hazardous ritual.
The coffin was placed before the screen as Roman candles were passed out to the crowd, with instructions to shoot it at the pyre.
The children spent most of their time passing a candle and holding hands in group grope up on the stage, nary a tassel in sight.
Traditionally, a curandero (shaman) performs the ceremony by lighting a candle and incense, then passing an egg over a person's entire body from head to toes, moving it in a circular motion and over specific points.
A procession of children carried candles candle down the cathedral's aisle to symbolise the "candle of peace and hope" passing to the new generation.
– As a half-dozen women filter into a yoga studio on a recent afternoon, passing glowing candles and Buddhist statuary, they absorb the ethereal voice of a woman crooning praises to the earth via a boombox set on a bare wooden floor.
"I'm the ultimate magazine and editorial nerd," he insists, passing me a candle made especially for him that smells of fresh magazine print as it burns.
I immediately notice more about the room -- the twinkling of candles, the light from a passing car, which laughter is real, and which is forced, where the staff stopped cleaning the night before.
