Streetcorner buskers are a common sight in many cities, especially those with a tourist trade. There are singers, dancers, dressed-up cartoon characters, and living statues. And once in a while, a real puzzler. We saw these two on the edge of Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy.
To answer your questions: no visible trick, no visible fakery. Even if we assume (and I do) that the upper is supported in a sling seat that’s part of his robe, and even if we guess that they may be some framework inside the lower’s costume to make him more stable…they’ve certainly skillfully (and with strength) worked to keep the whole thing in place!
PHeymont, believe the special trick relates to a magical flying carpet the top one is sitting on….
Italian meditation levitation. Wow!
That was too amazing of a trick for me not to look up how they did it! Although looking up the answer only left me with more questions about the amazing buskers you saw!
http://www.randi.org/site/inde…on-with-physics.html
I remember seeing those two buskers during our time in Verona in August, 2012. They did present a very creative look in a land of creative street entertainers.
Verona was a fantastic place for us to kick back and do not too much. Piazza Bra in the evening was like watching the Veronese living room in action. Many nights we would take our gelato to the steps across and to the left of the restaurant section and just watch the world pass by. This was during the Opera season, which brought many people from many places into the piazza.