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A flatulist, fartist, or professional farter is an entertainer (sometimes considered a comedian) whose routine consists solely or primarily of passing gas in a creative, musical, or amusing manner.〔(Le Pétomane:The Strange Life of a "Fartiste" )〕 ==History== There are a number of scattered references to ancient and medieval flatulists, who could produce various rhythms and pitches with their intestinal wind. Saint Augustine in ''City of God (De Civitate Dei)'' (14.24) mentions some performers who did have "such command of their bowels, that they can break wind continuously at will, so as to produce the effect of singing." Juan Luis Vives, in his 1522 commentary to Augustine's work, testifies to having himself witnessed such a feat, a remark referenced by Michel de Montaigne in an essay.Which? The professional farters of medieval Ireland were called braigetoír. They are listed together with other performers and musicians in the 12th century ''Tech Midchúarda'', a diagram of the banqueting hall of Tara. As entertainers, these braigetoir ranked at the lower end of a scale headed by bards, fili, and harpers. One late medieval flatulist is mentioned in an entry in the 13th-century English ''Liber Feodorum'' or ''Book of Fees''. It lists one Roland the Farter, who held Hemingstone manor in the county of Suffolk, for which he was obliged to perform ''"Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum"'' (one jump, one whistle, and one fart) annually at the court of King Henry II every Christmas. But professional farting no longer seemed to be restricted to the aristocracy. The ''Activa Vita'' character in the 14th century allegorical poem Piers Plowman appears to number farting among the abilities desirable in a good entertainer in general, paralleling with storytelling, fiddling, or playing the harp.〔Peter Meredith, ("The professional travelling players of the fifteenth century: myth or reality?" ) ''European Medieval Drama'' 2 (1998) 21-34. DOI 10.1484/J.EMD.2.300900〕 This poem translates to "As for me, I can neither drum nor trumpet, nor tell jokes, nor fart amusingly at parties, nor play the harp." In Japan, during the Edo period, flatulists were known as "heppiri otoko" (放屁男), lit. "farting men." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flatulist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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