Off their rockets
April 21, 2020 1:00 AM   Subscribe

Thai Kutwa Rocket Festivals are merit-making ceremony traditionally practiced by ethnic Lao people throughout much of Isan and Laos, in numerous villages and municipalities near the beginning of the wet season. Celebrations typically include preliminary music and dance performances, competitive processions of floats, dancers and musicians, culminating on the third day in competitive firings of home-made rockets.

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posted by growabrain (2 comments total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
Flying saucers! Helical towers of smoke! Lighting fuses and running away in front of a giant SAFETY FIRST banner! Billowing parachutes gently returning the rockets to earth! So much awesomeness!
posted by mpark at 11:52 PM on April 21, 2020


Reminds me of the end of Koyaanisqatsi.
I'm impressed there wasn't a forest fire.
posted by MtDewd at 7:26 AM on April 22, 2020


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