Young men throw fireballs at each other for festival

[shian]

[quote]NEJAPA, El Salvador - It happens every year a town near San Salvador - young men throw fireballs at each other.

The fireballs are actually rags that are soaked in gasoline and then ignited.

The tradition of hurling fireballs is not believed to have evolved from a religious rite.

But residents of the town of Nejapa gather every year on Aug. 31 to throw the fireballs in honor of a huge volcanic eruption in 1922 that forced all residents of the town to abandon it.

Local churches and worshippers have embraced the tradition with urban legend.

They say the hot lava that flowed from the volcano was actually the local Christian Saint Jeronimo, fighting off the devil with balls of fire.

The festivities have been taking place for well over a decade.

Opposing groups of young men launch the palm-sized fireballs at one another. Authorities do fear the danger of the event, but few serious injuries have been reported over the years.[/quote]

[url]http://www.9news.com/news/sidetracks/216814/337/Young-men-throw-fireballs-at-each-other-for-festival-[/url]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoWqz6pzQp0[/media]

Interesting. Those London rioters are just copycats.

[doonbugie2]

That looks pretty fun.

[Pvt. Martin]

Here come the Mario jokes

[blubafoon]

it's all fine and dandy until someone casts pyroblast

[Bread_Baron]

Finally, the church does something I can appreciate.

[Logic Studio]

METSU HADOUKEN

[TerabyteS_]

May I join them with a flamethrower?

[Pretiacruento]

They're just cosplaying Liu Kang and Shang Tsung...

[editline]2nd September 2011[/editline]

Looks pretty damn fun nonetheless!

[jill920]

Festival admin: Liu Kang

[Cypher_09]

I wonder what alignment they are...

I think good/corrupt.

[Clavus]

[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;32071623]Here come the Mario jokes[/QUOTE]

Free fireflowers for everyone!

[img]http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/6/6d/Fireflower.jpg/180px-Fireflower.jpg[/img]

[Bytecry]

Sounds really fun but also seems really dangerous.

[Toad]

[QUOTE=blubafoon;32071636]it's all fine and dandy until someone casts pyroblast[/QUOTE]

cast time is too long, he'll get burnt to shit while he's waiting for it

[editline]2nd September 2011[/editline]

frostfire bolt might be more interesting

[HazeFyer23]

Kamehameha!

[Pretiacruento]

Somebody should dub this vid, and add Hadouken, Mario, Liu Kang and Shang Tsung sounds :v:

I can imagine it now:

"Biggest cosplay fight ever--[B]Ken vs Ryu vs Super Mario vs Liu Kang vs Shang Tsung![/B]"

[GreenLeaf]

MAGIC MISSILE!

[AltFanatic]

oh man this is just like the fire nation