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.
avraamov
AAAAAAAAAAAAiiiiiiiiiiiiEEEEEEEEE! the crappy music! make it stop!!!
i'm going there for easter though.
TwoDragons
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
kid_icarus
that would be so much fun... until i was hit in the eye with one of those rockets.....yes, i have such luck.
Christophe
I definitly put that on the 'to go' list!
CheeseDuck
Woo! That much be sooo much fun! 
Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
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?
Ali S.
It's all fun until you shoot someones eye out.
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