The exaggerated gestures of waving the torches is not only from the nature of hot-blooded young men, but also from an attempt to increase the fire, or prevent it from going out, by waving it through the air with all their might.
血気盛んな若者であり、松明を大きく振り回すのは自然の成り行きでもあるが、風を切って火の勢いを増したり、火が消えないように満身の力で振り回す。