# Poi

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poi/33807>\
**Category:** Skill Toys\
**Created:** [January 13, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poi/33807 "2012-01-13T21:55:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Nemyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nemyo/32/14407_2.png) [@Nemyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Nemyo)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poi/33807/1 "2012-01-13T21:55:31Z")

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What is it? is it basically just swinging around weights on strings? or is it something more?

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**Author:** ![pickle24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickle24/32/483_2.png) [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poi/33807/2 "2012-01-13T22:33:42Z")

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Its a traditional Hawaiian dish made of corn and taro plant. Its basically a mush that is very bland, but highly nutritious.

As for the skill toy, its basically weights on strings, sometimes many weights on many strings, sometimes burning weights… often adds dance elements also.

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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/poi/33807/3 "2012-01-22T04:11:28Z")

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I’m looking into making my own fire poi.