Fire Ravens are a mysterious group of fire artists, conjurers, warriors and mercenaries, seeking to join forces with the victor of the Samhuinn battle…before the dark times come. Photopoint visited one of their rehearsals to capture them in action.

You can see lots more photos of Samhuinn 2016 rehearsals and preparation in this album, walkthroughs in this album and group portraits in this album on Facebook. All our content is publically viewable so you can see if even if you don’t have a Facebook account.

_{Photos by Dan Mosley x2, Maria Astefanoaei x2, Mark Taylor x2, Martin McCarthy x2 and Neil Barton x2.}

The Samhuinn Fire Festival 2016 is at 9pm on Monday 31st October on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Find out all about it here.