WHAT/WHERE
One island. Two villages. Fifty thousand handmade rockets. Dating back to the 19th century, in this festival two neighboring Greek villages assail each other with fireworks. The first to strike the opponents church bell wins.

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Joshywashington

Joshywashington is a Travel Media Ninja from Seattle who enjoys writing, climbing trees and strong coffee.

  • http://milesofabbie.com Abbie

    haha that’s great!

  • http://www.planet-zix.se Tealc Jaffar

    Nice post, intresting read. Keep posting and I’ll come back for some more reading! Thanks!

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