A blindfolded man wildly swinging an axe was filmed smashing open coconuts placed on the feet, head and stomach of three women at a roadshow in central India.

Video of the dangerous routine shows how the three women were arranged in different poses with a coconut either on their head, feet or stomach, while the axe-swinging blind man is aligned to make the risky cut.

In several deft motions, the coconuts are smashed in quick successions, leaving the three women unharmed, who then leap to their feet and continue their blade-dancing.

The wild performance was filmed on January 14 in Tukum, in Chandrapur, Maharashtra state, as the area was preparing to celebrate the Hindu holiday of Makar Sankranti on January 15.

Dancing to the beats of drums and sound of trumpets, armed with swords, axe and other dangerous weapons, the artists adventurously flip and roll the sharp long blades in the air, portraying their precision and balance in the act.

In a bizarre incident recorded on camera, a man cracks open coconuts placed on the feet, head and the stomach of three young ladies respectively, with a sharp axe.

A group of people are seen performing incredible tricks at a roadshow in Chandrapur of the west Indian state of Maharashtra.

Dancing to the beats of drums and sound of trumpets, armed with swords, axe and other dangerous weapons, the artists adventurously flip and roll the sharp long blades in the air, portraying their precision and balance in the act.

Cracking open a coconut can be a tricky business, but not for the main performer carrying an axe who throws a coconut in the air and smashes it with his head.

He then does his magic gestures with the axe, juggling it in the air, when another man comes and blindfolds him with a cloth.

Two female artists are seen lying down on their backs, while another sits in between them with folded legs.

The young ladies balance the round coconuts on their bodies. The one sitting balance it on her head and the ones lying down balance it on her feet and one on her stomach respectively.

The environment is heightened dramatically when the music is played louder and the performers flip and rotate their swords and other sharp instruments.

The blindfolded man then starts cracking open coconuts one by one. He starts with the one balancing one on her feet. As soon as the coconuts are broken one by one, the performers get up on their feet and start dancing to the beat of the drum.