Fascinating! I recollect seeing, as a kid, a lit rope hanging in cigarette kiosks/shops in India to use as a lighter for their customers. This used to be a jute rope and, though lit with a match unlike in this video, would keep burning slowly through the day. Saved matches and was always lit. Have not seen it in recent years.
The author manages to keep talking for 5 minutes with 20-30 seconds of actual material. If you can understand how the rope burns without his assistance, he shows how the lighter _works_ around 5:00 mark.
