Fire and Drums

Fire manipulation has become very popular in the last few years - fire eating/breathing, fire poi, fire meteor, fire staff, fire dance, fire fans, fire torch swinging, fire juggling. In the photo, we have Lars (from Germany), well furnished with body art, preparing to do fire staff. The highlight of this post is the short video which shows his firestaff and fire eating skills while accompanied by Zafar, an urban drumming streetband from Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina. An audience quickly assembled and responded enthusiastically. People are fascinated with fire and danger....