During our evening in Trinidad, we attended a cultural show that knocked our socks off with national champion calypso singers, steel pan players, talented drummers, and limbo-ologists.
Our camera battery died shortly after the show began. Thankfully, my iPhone camera still had some juice. Too bad it isn’t the newly announced iPhone 4 because the video quality I captured is certainly not HD. Nevertheless, prepare to be amazed. The Flaming Limbo is the national dance of Trinidad, and we’ve never seen anything like it.
The Flaming Limbo of Trinidad from Sam and Shannon Bloomquist on Vimeo.
Believe it or not, the female performer who clears the flaming limbo stick with ease in the video above is really, truly a grandmother in her 60’s (I would have guessed 30, tops). She was at one time the world record holder for clearing a flaming limbo stick at a mere 6 inches off the ground.
