{{Short description|Sideshow regurgitation act}} {{for|tornados over water|Waterspout}} [[File:Hadji Ali demonstrating controlled regurgitation Crisco edit.jpg|thumb|Hadji Ali, known for numerous acts of water spouting]] '''Water spouting''' is a sideshow regurgitation act, in which a performance artist drinks a large amount of fluid, such as water, and regurgitates it in a controlled manner with muscle control. Typically, the act includes an element of stage magic in the transformation of the fluid; for example, ingesting water and regurgitating it as a stream of red wine<ref name="Christopher1991"/><ref name="CandyGuy"/> or milk.<ref name="Christopher1991"/>
==History== Water spouting has been performed since the 17th century. During this time, performance artists such as Jean Royer ({{fl|1657}})<ref name="Grafton2005"/> and Blaise Manfre<ref name="Christopher1991"/> were known for their spouting technique.
Floram Marchand performed a "water to wine" trick, where he would drink 30 glasses of water on stage, then spout glasses of red "wine".<ref name="nickell" /> He had actually swallowed red dye in advance, in order to give the appearance of wine.
The act was revived by vaudeville artist Hadji Ali ({{abbr|d.|died}} 1937).<ref name="CandyGuy"/> Ali was known to drink water and then kerosene which he would use to start a fire and then extinguish it.<ref name="CandyGuy"/> Other performers during this time include Mac Norton, who was billed as the "Human Aquarium" due to his swallowing and regurgitating of goldfish and frogs.<ref name="nickell" /> The German performer Dagomarr Rochmann, known as the "Great Waldo", swallowed and regurgitated jewellery, coins, lemons, and mice.<ref name="nickell" /> Waldo performed at Robert Ripley's Odditorium in New York City.<ref name="nickell" />
David Blaine performed Ali's water and kerosene act on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in November 2013. Blaine explained the process he took to emulate Ali on the show David Blaine: Real or Magic.<ref name="Underwood2014" /> A British magician Kieron Johnson, also known as the "human fountain" has been performing this act on his TikTok and YouTube account. In 2018 he performed it on German talent show where he was water spouting over judges. He can also swallow and regurgitate small objects, like coins and bring them up on either heads or tails, chosen by the audience.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Das Supertalent 2018 |date=20 October 2018 |url=https://www.rtl.de/cms/das-supertalent-2018-echt-eklig-kieron-johnson-schluckt-sich-eine-runde-weiter-4238024.html}}</ref>
==See also== *Rumination syndrome *Md. Ahasan Habib
==References== <references> <ref name="CandyGuy">{{Cite web |title=Hadji Ali, The Great Regurgitator |author=CandyGuy |website=Circus Freaks and Human Oddities |access-date=2020-08-23 |url=https://www.thehumanmarvels.com/hadji-ali-the-great-regurgitator/}}</ref>
<ref name="Christopher1991">{{cite book |author=Milbourne Christopher |title=Magic: A Picture History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5X5qlkwZo9oC&pg=PA10 |date=23 September 1991 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-26373-1 |pages=9–10}}</ref>
<ref name="Grafton2005">{{cite book |title=Magic and Technology in Early Modern Europe: Dibner Library Lecture, 15 October 2002 |author=Anthony Grafton |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Libraries |location=Washington, D.C. |year=2005 |page=9 |isbn= |url=https://www.mydigitalchalkboard.org/cognoti/content/file/resources/documents/36/3665f422/3665f4226d488e506e6e27ed66550659de19a018/downloadedfile_4771851346010558458_Grafton_2002.pdf}}</ref>
<ref name="Underwood2014">{{Cite web |title=Hadji Ali's in a tough act to swallow – just ask David Blaine |author=Mitya Underwood |work=The National |date=2014-08-14 |access-date=2020-08-23 |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/hadji-ali-s-in-a-tough-act-to-swallow-just-ask-david-blaine-1.264533?videoId=5587698090001}}</ref>
<ref name="nickell">{{Cite book |last=Nickell |first=Joe |title=Secrets of the sideshows |date=2005 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=0-8131-7179-2 |location=Lexington, Ky. |oclc=65377460|author-link=Joe Nickell}}</ref> </references>
==Further reading== *{{cite book|author1=Edward Claflin|author2=Jeff Sheridan|title=Street Magic: An Illustrated History of Wandering Magicians and Their Conjuring Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29MTAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Dolphin Books|isbn=978-0-385-12864-3}} *{{cite book|author=Bart King|title=The Pocket Guide to Magic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEdCmMAiv8QC&pg=PA162|date=September 2009|publisher=Gibbs Smith|isbn=978-1-4236-1272-8|pages=162–}}
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