In the motorcycle seat, the engine began, accelerated and began a performance that defies death inside the track known as the barrel of Satan.
Sri Wahyuni was the star of the most anticipated performance at the night fair on the outskirts of the city of Medan in the province of Indonesia in Sumatra.
He began mounting Satan's barrel at age 17, attracted to curiosity while looking for work. Now 25 years, she is a key artist in this iconic act of the Indonesian night fair.
Mounting in the barrel of Satan requires courage. The runners do not wear helmets on the velodrome track, also known as The Wall of Death.
Wahyuni always rides with another biker, and sometimes up to five ride on the circular track, their wooden walls painted 6 to 10 meters (19 to 33 feet) in diameter.
That, of course, puts the nervous audience.
Wahyuni works at least four hours per night. A recent night, the single mother took her 5 -year -old daughter to the fair, fed her, then let her wait in the ticket box during the show.
At the end of the performance, the women extended their arms and even took their hands on their motorcycles, pointing out the end.
The audience stood out their hands to give money from the top of the barrel, and Wahyuni and his partner welcomed the Bills one by one, a advice for the emotion they presented that night.
Subsequently, they attended the bicycles and told their advice.
Wahyuni wins a weekly salary, but the advice helps with the rent and daily needs of his little family. She admits that it is difficult for her to find a new job or start a business alone.
“I hope the best. I think there is no way I can continue working like this,” Wahyuni said.
