A fire umbrella is a fire dancing

Fire dancing

Fire dancing is a group of performance arts or disciplines that involve manipulation of objects on fire...

 tool. It is made from an umbrella

Umbrella

An umbrella or parasol is a canopy designed to protect against rain or sunlight. The term parasol usually refers to an item designed to protect from the sun; umbrella refers to a device more suited to protect from rain...

 with the rainproof cover removed. Kevlar

Kevlar

Kevlar is the registered trademark for a para-aramid synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. Developed at DuPont in 1965, this high strength material was first commercially used in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in racing tires...

wicks are attached to the ends of the umbrella, soaked in a fuel, and then lit on fire.

Although this fire art is rare, it is quite beautiful to watch. The dancer can manipulate the fire umbrella around her or his body, usually twirling it to give the illusion of a spinning ring of fire.