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What Is A Fire Tree

Fire trees are large hollow tree like structures made from clay.
I would say paper clay is used, because it is much stronger than just clay.
It is about eight feet high and maybe six foot across at the bottom and there are large openings made down on the trunks of the trees.
The trunk is tapered upward and branches are formed, many holes are made in the branches and small holes are left in the ends of each branch.

Wood is thrown into a large opening in the trunk and when night falls, the fires are lit and orange and red lights glow in the dark and sparks shoot out of the open holes of the branches.
They create lovely spectacles of light and were a huge hit on the islands of Hawaii.

It is a tradition in some pottery schools to make these fire trees signifying graduation.

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