Published at Culturemap Austin.
Excerpt:
Sage Jacote was 27 years old when she was invited to a show-and-tell party in East Austin. Everybody was bringing something to share; poets and musicians dominated the party until the host asked the guests to move to the backyard.
As the partygoers filtered through the back door, a traveling woman with two poi — weighted balls of Kevlar, each on the end of a chain with a handle — lit them on fire and began swinging them around in different patterns as she danced.
Jacote was “mesmerized and freaked out.” She just had to try this herself.
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