The Rocket War of Vrondados

Posted by Miss Cellania in Religion, Travel & Places, Video Clips on September 10, 2008 at 12:02 am



(YouTube link)

The Rocket War of Vrondados is an old custom that began at the time of the Turkish occupation and it still happens every year at Easter. In the beginning the residents of the parishes of Panagia Erithiani and Saint Mark’s, which are facing each other, made small cannons, to fire at each other. But through time the canons became rockets and fireworks made from nitre, sulphur and gunpowder.

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7 comments to "The Rocket War of Vrondados"

  1. avraamov
    September 10th, 2008 at 4:13 am

    AAAAAAAAAAAAiiiiiiiiiiiiEEEEEEEEE! the crappy music! make it stop!!!

    i’m going there for easter though.

  2. TwoDragons
    September 10th, 2008 at 6:15 am

    Let’s see…*sorts through pockets*…*digs through couch cushions*…*pats down clothes in the laundry hamper*…

    …darn, I can only come up with $0.75 and some lint. Maybe if I start donating blood now, I should have enough money for a trip to Vrodandos by Easter…

    :-)

    –TwoDragons

  3. kid_icarus
    September 10th, 2008 at 11:40 am

    that would be so much fun… until i was hit in the eye with one of those rockets…..yes, i have such luck.

  4. Christophe
    September 10th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    I definitly put that on the ‘to go’ list!

  5. CheeseDuck
    September 10th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    Woo! That much be sooo much fun! :D

  6. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    September 10th, 2008 at 3:33 pm

    Before I read the little blurb, I thought the Rocket War of Vrondados was some sci-fi movie. It sounds like it, doesn’t it?

  7. Ali S.
    September 10th, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    It’s all fun until you shoot someones eye out.


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