Yanshui Beehive Rockets Festival, Taiwan Yangshui Beehive Rockets Festival PHOTO: There is a customary belief that being bombed by the firecrackers wards off bad luck (Flickr: Steve Barringer) Common sense dictates that, most of the time, you should not stand in the way of a lit firecracker. But on the 15th day of the first lunar month, tens of thousands of participants flock to Yanshui in western Taiwan to do just that. The event - during which beehive firecrackers are set off among a crowd of spectators - commemorates a cholera epidemic more than a century ago, with a customary belief that being bombed by the firecrackers wards off bad luck. Participants are encouraged to wear a scarf around their neck to stop rockets shooting up under their helmets....abc.net.au/news/2014-07-10/ten-dangerous-festivals-around-world/5579080?section=australianetworknews
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 05:19:55 +0000
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