Bringing the balloons in to the soccer field
Balloons are made of tissue paper
Held aloft by burning rings wrapped in cloth and dipped in kerosene
Closeup of cloth-wrapped rings
Setting the ring in the balloon
Lighting the kerosene, note it really is tissue paper
Looking up at the ring burning in the balloon
Takes a few people to hold the tissue paper away from the burning kerosene
Taller balloons are even more difficult
Using a ladder to help hold the balloon up
If no ladder, simple, get a guy on stilts
They fly very nicely
And travel quite far
Variety of shapes, some complex
Some are very large
Some don't travel too far - as in power lines
Or, they burn up!!
