As the sun sets, hundreds of people from nearby villages gather around a crackling bonfire to celebrate a unique event.

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They decide they're going to have a bonfire and they build this giant fire and into it they throw everything from the past.

他们决定要燃起一堆篝火,将之化为熊熊烈焰,将过去的一切尽抛其中

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Now village committees organize a special bonfire ceremony where witnesses, victims and offenders can attest publicly to atrocities committed.

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