Dazzling show to Dai for

Dai performers at Yulingu Jingqu press sizzling hot ceramic plates against their tongues, roll blazing torches over their bare torsos and dance barefoot on glass shards - and do so with a smile.

Such bravado dazzles crowds, who gasp and applaud as the men rake machete blades across their feet and tongues, and grind searing coals beneath their heels.

Yulingu Jingqu is an amusement park dedicated to Dai customs in the rainforest near Yunnan province's Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture.