[I typed up this post about 3 weeks ago, but I realized I never published it! whoops. Doing so now...]
For Hindus, Diwali (The Festival of lights) is the biggest and most important festival of the year. I got to spend it India. As is the norm, we spent the night lighting off fireworks. Since there are no regulations in India, you can light off whatever you want. I'm pretty sure a lot of this stuff wouldn't fly in North America. Anyway, here is a taste:
For Hindus, Diwali (The Festival of lights) is the biggest and most important festival of the year. I got to spend it India. As is the norm, we spent the night lighting off fireworks. Since there are no regulations in India, you can light off whatever you want. I'm pretty sure a lot of this stuff wouldn't fly in North America. Anyway, here is a taste:
The Atomic Bombs:
The first time we lit one of these off the force of the blast knocked over my camera. The second time our friend lit of a bunch in a row. I don't know how he is not deaf.
Here are 5,000 (!) crackers tied together.
In this video you can see that I'm retreating. I'm actually running for cover but still trying to keep the video rolling (the risks I take for my cinematography...)
Awesome.
Anyway, tomorrow I go to the great Himalayas, home of the world's greatest mountains. I'm doing a 3 week trek. Talk to you later...
1 comment:
That's a ridiculous explosion! Ils sont fous!
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