El Salvador Celebrates Traditional Fire Battle Game

[Judi Lynn]

A group of men prepare fireballs in the city of Nejapa. | Photo: EFE

Published 2 September 2017

The streets of Nejapa fill with flying fireballs in a unique historic festival attracting hundreds of tourists.

A town in El Salvador is celebrating its annual fire battle that takes over its streets, as part of a traditional festival held in order to remember the damage caused by a volcano explosion in 1658.

Since 1922, the citizens of Nejapa have celebrated the festival of fireballs in the main streets of the city, where dozens of people prepare for the battle.

To start the event, they divide themselves into two camps and light a large bonfire where they place hundreds of balls to undertake this unique war.

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https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/El-Salvador-Celebrates-Traditional-Fire-Battle-Game-20170902-0014.html


“Las Bolas de Fuego”





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Goodness gracious, great bolas of fuego.

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