Fireworks
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Fireworks are low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays, combining a large number of devices in an outdoor sett
Fireworks over Sydney Harbour on New Year's Eve 2006–2007
Bastille Day fireworks (2013) over Paris, traditionally accompanied by a musical show that starts with "La Marseillaise"
A fireworks display on Taipei 101, Taiwan, which in 2005 held the world's first fireworks display on a supertall skyscraper
Fireworks on the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa in Dubai
Firecracker
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A firecracker is a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a large amount of noise, especially in the form of a loud bang, usually for celebration or entertainment; any visual effect is i
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…loud sound. In later times, gunpowder packed into small containers was used to mimic the sounds of burning bamboo. Exploding bamboo stems and gunpowder firecrackers were interchangeably known as baozhu (爆竹) or baogan (爆竿). During the Song dynasty, people manufactured the first firecrackers comprising tubes made…
Large flower cracker set off at night
Dyer Ball on firecrackers
A firecracker roll containing 10,000 firecrackers
Two men dressed as colonial soldiers carry a banner, exploding firecrackers, commemorating Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators as part of Lewes Bonfire Night celebrations.