fire eating
the act of putting a flaming object into the mouth and extinguishing it, either as a part of Hindu, Sadhu, or Fakir performance to show spiritual attainment, or as a sideshow or circus act (starting in the late 1880s)
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fire eating
Summary
fire eating ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- fire eating's video is recorded as Sandy Eating Fire ~ Marshall Sylver Turning Point.webm[2].
- fire eating's image is recorded as Fire eating Hindu.jpg[3].
- fire eating's image is recorded as Fireeatingtorch.JPG[4].
- fire eating's GND ID is recorded as 4453129-1[5].
- fire eating's subclass of is recorded as circus skill[6].
- fire eating's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02n_pf[7].
- fire eating's Iconclass notation is recorded as 43A3728[8].
- fire eating's BBC Things ID is recorded as 658ec0f2-c138-46f1-87f9-1aad3d9052d3[9].
- fire eating's practiced by is recorded as fire eater[10].
- fire eating's Quora topic ID is recorded as Fire-Eating[11].
Why It Matters
fire eating ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]