Editing Fire performance (section)

==History==
One of the earliest mentions of fire performance was at the ceremony of [[Simchat Beit HaShoeivah]] during the holidays of [[sukkot]] of the [[Second Temple]] by the Jews in Jerusalem Circa 10AD - 70AD. 
It has been said about Rabbi [[Simeon ben Gamaliel]] 
that when he was rejoicing with the joy of the Water-Drawing he would take eight burning torches in one hand and toss them upwards; he tossed one and caught one, and never did one touch the other.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/4779/jewish/The-Water-Drawing.htm|website=Chabad.org|language=en-US|access-date=2021-02-10|title=The Celebration Of Water Drawing}}</ref>

Ancient [[Aztec]]s performed a fire dance dedicated to [[Xiuhtecuhtli]], the god of fire.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jovinelly, Joann and Jason Netelkos|title=The crafts and culture of the Aztecs By|year=2003|publisher=Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3512-3|pages=17}}</ref> The Aztec fire dance is performed today for tourists in Mexico. In [[Bali]], the Angel Dance and the Fire Dance, regularly performed for tourists, have origins in ancient rituals. Both the Angel Dance and the Fire Dance originated in a trance ritual called the ''sanghyang'', a ritual dance "performed to ward off witches at the time of an epidemic."<ref>{{cite book|last=Yamashita|first=Shinji|title=Bali and beyond: explorations in the anthropology of tourism|year=2003|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-1-57181-327-5|pages=37}}</ref> Also known as the "horse dance" men perform the dance by holding rods representing horses, while leaping around burning coconut husks, and walking through the flames. [[Jamaica]], [[French Polynesia]], [[Antigua]], [[Cuba]] and [[Saint Lucia]] are other locations where fire dances are recreated for (and by) tourists. The Siddha Jats of the [[Thar Desert]] in India perform traditional fire dances as part of the Spring festival. Fire dancing is performed to music played on drums and the behr. There are variations of the fire dancing; men often perform a dance that involves walking on hot coals and things. A large fire is created and allowed to burn down until it is a pit of glowing embers and things. The performers then jump in and out of the pit kicking up the embers and things to create showers of sparks while women perform a dance while balancing flaming tin pots on their heads. Today this ritual is often performed for (and by) tourists.

Another form of fire dancing comes from the people of Polynesia. It is believed that the Māori people of New Zealand would soak a ball attached to string in fuel, light it and perform dancing rituals. "Poi" is a Māori word meaning "ball on a string" making the Maori people the originators of the flow equipment still popular today.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zenartsla.com/history-fire-dancing/|title=The History of Fire Dancing|date=2011-06-03|website=ZenArts|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref> See [[Poi (performance art)]].
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