Actually, it could be considered scorching. Tahitians, in addition to being known for their high-octane drumming and dancing, are also famed for playing with fire. And watching a fire-dance performance on the beaches of Tahiti, Moorea or Bora Bora just after sundown will be one of the highlights of your honeymoon.
These loin-clothed dancers not only look and act fierce, in the warrior tradition, but they twirl flaming, red-hot batons of fire as if they were sticks of cotton candy. And when the whirling flames synchronize at speeds that get faster and faster, it will take your breath away.
Here, two fire-dancers start the show at the InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa.