Photo: Breathing Fire in Kashmir

Good times in Kashmir: A Sikh warrior performs at a festival in Jammu. His fireball looks better than those I’ve seen during my travels in Mexico, where street performers wander into intersections, inhale from gasoline-soaked rags and blow fire at passing cars. I imagine it’s all in the wrist.

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